Natural gas FLO 3 14 in 6 in -Mercury SG= 13.6 -Air 2 in 22 in Water

Cellulose is to be burned in a waste-to- energy fadlity. The chemical equation for cellulose C6 H10O5is the atomic weights of C, H, and O are 12, 1, and 16. respectively. a. Calculate the stoichiometric oxygen necessary for the combustion of cellulose. b. Calculate stoichiometric air.

You serve as the president of XYZ corporation, which is an energy intensive manufacturing operation. You have four boilers to produce steam and electricity for your operations. One is a semi-suspension fired boiler with a capacity of 100 tons of coal per hour. The boiler can also burn supplemental fuel such as coconut or macadamia nut shells. The other three boilers arc peaking units and burn fuel oil. The City of Podunk has approached you about the possibility of burning solid waste as a supplemental fuel. As the president of the XYZ Corporation, you need to develop answers to many political, social, and technical questions before you make a commitment to the city. a. What specific questions would you ask your own power plant engineer about the possibility of accepting Podunk’s MSW? b. What specific additional data would you need from the city before you discuss this further?

Estimate the production of CO2 and CH4 during the anaerobic decomposition of ethanol. C2H6O.

Two materials, A and B, are to be separated using two unit operations, 1 and 2. The feed has 10 tons/h A and 4 tons/h B. The split (fraction of material rejected by each operation) is given in Table P5-14. a. Which sequence of operations, (l?2) or (2?1), will yield the greatest recovery of material A? b. What will be the purity of material A using that sequence? c. What will be the efficiency of separation for the entire process train with regard to material A using the Worrell-Stesed equation?

Compare the masses and volumes of water, concrete, sand, and wood needed to store 106 Btu of heat if the operating temperatures are Tc = 85F and Th = 180F. In each case, calculate the edge length of a square storage unit with a height of 8 ft.

For the fin equation described in Problem 6.25, if the units of T, h, P, A, and x are expressed in degree Rankine (R), Btu/hr ft2R, ft, ft2, and ft, respectively, what is the appropriate unit for thermal conductivity k if the fin equation is to be homogeneous in units? Show all steps of your work.

The ideal equation for the combustion of cellulose is C6H10O5 + 6O26O2 + 5H2O. What is a similar idealized equation for pyrolysis? What end products might you expect?

Suppose a wet mixture of old bread, leaves, and soil is placed in a pile 1 m tall, and a long thermometer is struck in the middle of the pile. Every other day. the pile is aerated by throwing the mixture into a new pile. Draw a graph showing the temperature in the pile during the first two weeks and explain why these temperature changes occurs.

An elevator has a rated capacity of 2200 lb. It can transport people at the rated capacity between the first and the fifth floors, with a vertical distance of 15 ft between each floor, in 7 s. Estimate the power requirement for such an elevator.