Assignment #3

Name: Lea Yammine

ID Number: 20181148

Exercise I
Air contains 5 ppm of diethylamine (TLV-TWA of 5 ppm), 20 ppm of cyclohexanol (TLV-TWA
of 50 ppm), and 10 ppm of propylene oxide (TLV-TWA of 2 ppm).
What is the mixture TLV-TWA and has this level been exceeded?

5+ 20+10
(TLV-TWA) mix = 5 20 10 = 25 ppm.
+ +
10 50 20
Thus, Total mixture concentration = 5+20+10= 35 ppm, so the workers are overexposed.

Exercise II
Determine whether the following noise level is permissible with no additional control features:

3
C 36 3 0.5
∑ ( TLV −TWA
i

)
= + +
no limit 4 0.5
= 0 + 0.75 + 1 = 1.75 which is > 1 that’s why workers
i=1 i
should wear ear protection very urgently.
Exercise III
Railroad cars are being splash-filled with toluene. The 10 000-gal cars are being filled at the rate
of one every 8hr. The filling hole in the tank car is 4 in. in diameter. Estimate the concentration
of toluene vapor as a result of this filling operation. The ventilation rate is estimated at 3000
ft3/min. The temperature is 77°F and the pressure is 1 atm and Psat is 0.0371.
2 2
πd 3.14 x 4
 Area: A = = = 0.0872 ft2
4 4 x 144

 we have K = 0.949 ft/min

KA = 0.949 x 0.0872 = 0.0827 ft3/min

1 1
 rf = x = 0.00208 min-1
8 60

1 3
 ∅ r f V c = 1 x 0.00208 x 10 000 x =2.78 f t /min
7.48

sat
P ∅ r f V c 0.0371 x 2.78
 KCppm = = x 106 = 34.4 ppm
Qv P 3000 x 1