Solid Waste Engineering
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781305635203
Author: Worrell, William A.
Publisher: Cengage Learning,
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.17P
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The overall energy content of the waste.
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*: Determine the energy Value of typical municipal solid wastes with
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1.
Assume the heating value will be computed on an as-discarded
basis.
2.
Determine the energy value using a computation table
Computation of energy contents
Component
Solid Wastes
Energy
Total energy Btu
% lb.
Btu/lb
Food waste
15
2,000
Paper
40
7,200
Cardboard
7,000
Plastics
3
14.000
Textile
2
7,500
Rubber
0.5
10,000
Leather
0.5
7,500
Garden trimming
12
2,800
Wood
8,000
Glass
8
60
Tin cans
6.
300
Non ferrous
1
Ferrous
300
Dirt, Ash,and
4
3,000
brick
Ans: 4762Btu/lb
Q4 Estimate the energy content of a solid waste sample with the composition
below and what is the content on a dry basis and on ash free dry basis?
Component
Percent by mass
Energy kJ/kg
Food waste
Paper
Cardboard
Plastics
Garden trimming
Wood
Tin cans
Total
15
45
10
10
10
5
5
100
Based on 100 kg sample of waste
Moisture content%
70
6
5
2
60
20
3
4,650
16,750
16,300
32,600
6,500
18,600
700
The population in Camilia Apartment is 3500 and solid waste is collected on
Sunday and Wednesday in the morning. Determine the waste generation rate
by using data in TABLE Q4 (b). Determine the volume of storage
containers that required for the apartment with density of waste is 310 kg/m³.
House number Family size
4
5
2
6
1
1-5
2-12
3-5
4-9
5-5
Amount of Solid Waste (kg)
Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8
7.2
7.3
7.1
5.4
5.6
6.5
6.1
6.2
7.1
7.8
4.2
4.4
3.1
9.3
0.9
7.3
3.2
6.7
1.4
7.5
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2.5
9.1
1.3
6.5
2.1
ia-
9.2
1.5
1.3
válcálcáls
8.3
3.5
8.5
1.1
10.1
1.2
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