An urban county with an area of 1,000 mile² has an estimated 18 million miles of vehicular traffic per day and has a large power plant. The power plant produces 350 MW of electricity at an efficiency of 39%, burning 10,000 Btu/lb coal. The vehicle emission factor for VOCs is 6 grams/mile; the coal-fired boiler emission factor for VOCs is 1.4 lb/ton coal; biogenic emission of VOCs is 0.4 kg/km²-hr on the average. Determine the total emissions of VOCs in tons/day from all sources (mobile, power plant, and biogenic).

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An urban county with an area of 1,000 mile² has an estimated 18 million miles of vehicular
traffic per day and has a large power plant. The power plant produces 350 MW of electricity
at an efficiency of 39%, burning 10,000 Btu/lb coal. The vehicle emission factor for VOCs is
6 grams/mile; the coal-fired boiler emission factor for VOCs is 1.4 lb/ton coal; biogenic
emission of VOCs is 0.4 kg/km²-hr on the average. Determine the total emissions of VOCs in
tons/day from all sources (mobile, power plant, and biogenic).
Transcribed Image Text:An urban county with an area of 1,000 mile² has an estimated 18 million miles of vehicular traffic per day and has a large power plant. The power plant produces 350 MW of electricity at an efficiency of 39%, burning 10,000 Btu/lb coal. The vehicle emission factor for VOCs is 6 grams/mile; the coal-fired boiler emission factor for VOCs is 1.4 lb/ton coal; biogenic emission of VOCs is 0.4 kg/km²-hr on the average. Determine the total emissions of VOCs in tons/day from all sources (mobile, power plant, and biogenic).
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