A Power plant is the main point source of SO2 emissions for a 25 km2 area. Estimate the steady-state concentration of SO2 for this area from this point source given the following temperature data. Windspeed= 5km/hr. The concentration of SO2 is 111.1 g/s. Height (in meters) Temperature (K) 0 300 500
1) A power plant burns 10^4 kg hr-1 of coal containing 2.5% sulfur. The effluent is released from a single stack of height 70 m. The plume rise is normally about 30 m. The wind on the day of interest, which is a sunny summer day, is blowing at 4 m s-1. There is no inversion layer. a) Plot the ground-level SO2 (sulfur dioxid
Typical rate of deposit of dust (dustfall) from unpolluted air was reported as 10 tons per square mile per month. Express this dustfall in milligrams per square meter per hour.
Assume a wind turbine with a hub 50 meters above the ground, a rotor diameter of 40 meters and a wind-conversion efficiency of 25 percent. The turbine operates in an area with an average wind-power density of 550 watts/sq meter at 50 meters altitude. How much electricity (kwH) can the turbine generate per year? Wind densities
Please provide the Lewis structure for potassium bromide in the solution?
The determination of iron in industrial waste stream is often carried out by reacting the water sample with o-phenanthroline to form a red-orange complex that absorbs at 510 nm. Using the data shown in the following table construct the standard calibration curve and determine the concentration of Fe in the waste stream. The cuve
What is the mass, in milligrams, of mercury in 1.00 kg lake trout that just meets the Northern American standard of 0.50 ppm Hg? What mass of fish, at the 0.50-ppm level, would you have to eat to ingest a total of 100 mg of mercury?
(a) Aqueous lithium hydroxide solution is used to purify air in spacecrafts and submarines because it absorbs carbon dioxide according to the equation: 2LiOH(aq) + CO2(g) -> Li2CO3(aq) + H2O(l) The pressure of CO2 in a cabin with a volume of 2.4 x 105 L is 7.9 x 10-3 atm at 312 K. A solution of LiOH of negligible volume is
(a) A small bubble rises from the bottom of a lake, where the temperature and pressure are 8ºC and 6.4 atm, to the water's surface, where the temperature is 25ºC and pressure is 1.0 atm. Calculate the final volume (in ml) of the bubble if its initial volume was 2.1 ml. (b)The percent by mass of bicarbonate (HCO3-) in a
Assume that algae need carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the atomic ratio 106:16:1. What is the limiting nutrient in the lake that contains the following concentrations: total carbon = 20 mg/L, total N = 0.80 mg/L and total P = 0.16 mg/L? If it is known that half the phosphorus in the lake originates from the use of phosphate d
See attached file for full problem description. 13. Which response includes all of the following substances that have H = 0, and no other substances? I. HCl(g) II. Na(s) III. HCl(aq) IV. F2(g) A.I and II B. II and IV C.I, II, and IV D.II E.I, II, III, and IV 14. Renewable energy sources are esse
37) Consider an area-source box model for air pollution above a peninsula of land. the length of the box is 15 km, its width is 80 km, and a radiation inversion restricts mixing to 15 m. Wind is blowing clean air into the long dimention of the box at 0.5 m/s. Between 4 and 6 pm there are 250,000 vehicles on the road, each being
36) A freeway has 10,000 vehicles per hour passing a house 200 m away. Each car emits an average of 1.5 g/mi of NOx, and winds are blowing at 2 m/s across the freeway towards the house. Estimate the NOx concentration at the house on a clear summer day near noon (assuming that NOx is chemical stable).
A reverse osmosis plant desalinates 5x10^6 L/day of feedwater containing 1500mg/L of salts yielding 3x10^6 L/day of product water with 75 mg/L of salt. What would the salt concentration be in the brine?
Info: BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOD5 is the total amount of oxygen consumed by microorganisms during the first five days of biodegradation BOD5 = (DOi - Dof)/(P) this is the five-day BOD of a diluted sample Where DOi = the initial dissolved oxygen (DO) of the diluted wastewater DOf = the final DO of
Info: BOD: Biochemical Oxygen Demand BOD5 is the total amount of oxygen consumed by microorganisms during the first five days of biodegradation BOD5 = (DOi - Dof)/(P) this is the five-day BOD of a diluted sample Where DOi = the initial dissolved oxygen (DO) of the diluted wastewater DOf = the final DO of
The total mass of Carbon contained in fossil-fuels that were burned in the world from the year 1750 to the year 2000 was estimated to be 2.7 x E14 kg C. The amound of carbon released as CO2 from agricultural expansion and deforestation over this period is estimated to be 1.3 x E14 kg C. The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere
A) Photosynthesis is estimated to produce 340.0 g (dry weight) of plant matter per square meter, 50% of which is carbon. Calculate the total number of grams of carbon "fixed" each year by 1000 square meters. b) The photosynthetic reaction can be represented as: 6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2 Of the glucose produced, 40.0% is
Should you install a solar water heater? The average home has a 200 liter hot-water tank, which is effectively drained and replenished three times per day. Assume that the entering tap water is 19 degrees Centigrade and is heated to 53 degrees Centigrade. Given an average energy from sunlight of 1.53 kJ/cm2 per day, how large wo
The well-preserved remains of a now extinct woolly mammoth is entombed in the permafrost lands of Siberia. Scientists have conducted carbon dating experiments on plant debris found in the stomachs of this mammoth. The C-14 activity of the mammoths was measured at 1.499999999999999 disintegration per minute per gram of carbon.
(a) An acre of corn can produce about 375 gallons of ethanol, using only the kernel of the corn for conversion to ethanol. Assume the energy input to produce an acre of corn is 15000000 kJ. If a gallon of ethanol has an embodied energy in the ethanol of about 80000 kJ, calculate the ratio of embodied energy in the ethanol to th
If a customer replaces a 85 watt bulb with an 20 watt compact fluorescent bulb that lasts 5000 hours, how much less coal (lbs)will be used to generate the electricity that is saved? Assume the electricity is generated with 30% efficiency and the energy content of the coal is 30 kJ/g.
At pH 6.00 and pE 2.10, what is the concentration of Fe2+ (mol/L) in equilibrium with Fe(OH)3? Hint: Use the Nernst equation and the Ksp for the solubility of solid iron (III) hydroxide.
What is the reason that the United States refused to sign the Kyoto Agreement?
The catalytic converter on your automobile contains small amounts of a precious metal catalyst. Which of the following components would you expect to be decreased in your tailpipe emissions by a properly functioning catalytic converter in your automobile (Choose all that apply): - water - carbon monoxide - carbon dioxide -
The compression ratio of today's cars is so much higher than in cars of years past. a) What is the major advantage of increasing the compression ratio? b) How must the gasoline change in order to burn smoothly and evenly in engines with higher compression ratios?
Many scientists suggest that there is a relationship between the greenhouse effect and global warming. Even if you do not believe in either concept, describe the relationship that these scientists are claiming between greenhouse effect and global warming.
The Clean Air Act mandates that certain metropolitan areas must add oxygenates to the gasoline that is sold in that area. What is the reason that oxygenates are added to gasoline?
A) Even if you do not believe in the concept, describe the greenhouse effect b) Name three gases that might be responsible for the greenhouse effect
There are very few compounds that contain an element from the noble gas family (elements in column 18, rightmost column). Explain why there are so few noble gas compounds in nature.