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).
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).
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