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A soil contaminated with 100 mg metals/kg of soil, 50,000 mg S/kg of soil, 1,000

ID: 297845 • Letter: A

Question

A soil contaminated with 100 mg metals/kg of soil, 50,000 mg S/kg of soil, 1,000 mg F/kg of soil and 40,000 mg Cl/kg of soil, is to be treated using an incinerator. The incinerator is operated at a heat load of 63 MM Kilojoules/hour and has an estimated stack gas flow of 986 m^3/minute and the feed rate of the soil into the incinerator will be 3, 400 g of soil/hour. Using the EPA uncontrolled source emission factors given below, estimate the hourly emissions that would be expected in the flue gas of this incinerator if no air pollution control equipment were used.

Explanation / Answer

Answer

Given metal contamination in soil= 100mg/kg

Sulphur contamination in soil= 50000mg/kg

Fluoritr contamination in soil= 1000mg/kg

Chlorine contamination in soil= 40000mg/kg

Heat load= 63 MM kj/Hour

Flue gas flow=986m3/minute

Soil feed rate= 3400gm/hr

Now

VOCs generated from soil=?

Metals generated flue gas= 50g*0.1*10^-3*3.4*10^3=17g

HCl generated flue gas= 1.03*40*3.4=140.08g

HF generated flue gas= 1.05*1*3.4= 3.57g

SO2 generated flue gas= 2*50*3.4= 340g

Pm particulate material produced in flue gas=11.750*986*60= 695130mg= 695.13g

CO generated= 0.05*63= 3.15Kg

No generated= 0.15*63= 9.45kg

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