Q1) A plant discharges 4,000 gal/min of treated wastewater that contains 0.25 mg/L of PCB, (polychloronated biphenyls) into a river that contains no measurable PCBS upstream of the discharge. If the river flow rate is 1,500 cubic feet per second, after the discharged water has thoroughly mixed with the river water, what is the concentration of PCBS in the river in mg/L?

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The Material Balance
Q1)
A plant discharges 4,000 gal/min of treated wastewater that
contains 0.25 mg/L of PCB, (polychloronated biphenyls) into a
river that contains no measurable PCBS upstream of the
discharge. If the river flow rate is 1,500 cubic feet per second,
after the discharged water has thoroughly mixed with the river
water, what is the concentration of PCBS in the river in mg/L?
Q2)
Bioremediation is a method of cleaning up contaminated
groundwater and soil. If a dilute solution of nutrients is pumped
via a well into a closed soil layer underground at the rate of 1.5
kg/hr, and a recovery well removes 1.2 kg of depleted solution
per hour, answer the following
Questions:
a. What is the system (draw a picture)?
b. What is the value of the input per hour?
c. What is the value of the output per hour?
d. What is the value of the accumulation per hour?
e. What assumption has to be made to answer (d)?
Transcribed Image Text:89 BIS ll ? V:07 H.W.4.pdf > The Material Balance Q1) A plant discharges 4,000 gal/min of treated wastewater that contains 0.25 mg/L of PCB, (polychloronated biphenyls) into a river that contains no measurable PCBS upstream of the discharge. If the river flow rate is 1,500 cubic feet per second, after the discharged water has thoroughly mixed with the river water, what is the concentration of PCBS in the river in mg/L? Q2) Bioremediation is a method of cleaning up contaminated groundwater and soil. If a dilute solution of nutrients is pumped via a well into a closed soil layer underground at the rate of 1.5 kg/hr, and a recovery well removes 1.2 kg of depleted solution per hour, answer the following Questions: a. What is the system (draw a picture)? b. What is the value of the input per hour? c. What is the value of the output per hour? d. What is the value of the accumulation per hour? e. What assumption has to be made to answer (d)?
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