CA4679 201617 SemA - Assignment #2 Solution

Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering

City University of Hong Kong

CA 4679 Environmental Engineering & Management

2016/17 Sem A
Assignment #2 - Solution

Q1.

(a)
xo = 14.0 cm
n = 1.51

(b)
Yes since 5 cm < xo < xY=0.8

(c)
Power required = 80.8 kW

Q2.

Hydraulic parameter = (0.5)(2)/(2+2+0.5+0.5) = 0.2 m

density of air = 1.2 kg/m3 (from the Ideal Gas Law, with P = 101325 Pa, T = 293 K)
Re = (1.2)(0.15)(0.2)/2×10-5) = 1800  laminar regime

Use Stokes’ Law to determine vt:

vt = (1500)(9.8)(8×10-6)2/[(18)(2×10-5)] = 0.00261 m/s

(Dp) = (0.00261)(10) / [(0.15)(0.5)] = 0.35

Q3.

Component mass (kg) fraction fmoist fdry kgi,dry/kgww kJ/kgww

(kgi/kgww) (kgwat/kgww) (kgdry/kgww)
food 80 0.32 0.70 0.30 0.096 1504
paper 25 0.1 0.06 0.94 0.094 1670
plastics 20 0.08 0.02 0.98 0.0784 2600
textile 50 0.2 0.10 0.90 0.18 3480
yard waste 15 0.06 0.60 0.40 0.024 390
metals 40 0.16 0.03 0.97 0.1552 112
misc. 20 0.08 0.06 0.94 0.0752 560
0.7028 10316

overall moisture on wet basis = 1 – 0.7028 = 0.30 kgwat/kgww

overall moisture on dry basis = 0.30/0.70 = 0.43 kgwat/kgdw

overall heat content on wet basis = 10316 kJ/kgww

overall heat content on dry basis = 10316 / 0.70 = 14700 kJ/kgdw

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Q4.

(a) Cout = 3 g/m3

(b) sludge generation rate = 28.8 + 6.48 = 35.3 kg/hr

Q5.

c = q/k = 0.025

tan = 0.02

L = 1800 cm