Exercise 1: Practice on Mass Balances

Figure 1 Role of hoods in an industrial process

Example 1 Calculate the fugitive emissions* and the stack emissions if the process equipment
generates 100 lbm/hr of particulate matter, the hood capture efficiency is 95%, and the collection
efficiency of the air pollution control device is 95%.
The USEPA defines fugitive emissions as emissions that (1) escape capture by process
equipment exhaust hoods; (2) are emitted during material transfer; (3) are emitted to the
atmosphere from the source area; and (4) are emitted directly from process equipment.

Example 2: Calculate the fugitive emissions and the stack emissions if the process equipment
generates 100 lbm/hr of particulate matter, the hood capture efficiency is 90%, and the collection
efficiency of the air pollution control device is 95%.

Example 3: An engineer installs a hood rather than a solid ductwork from a generator set
operating on diesel fuel inside the building through the roof to remove the emissions. The engine
and generator operating at 348kW in 400seconds produces the emissions in grams shown in the
table below. The NOx exhaust concentration is 898ppm in an exhaust flow of 1,500 scfm.

THC CO NOx CO2 PM
Exhaust 6.7 g 65 g 296 g 28.3 kg 5mg
Ambient 3ppm 0.1 ppm 0.1ppm 400ppm

1) In a series of steps show your approach; equations and assumptions required to determine
the percentage captured by the hood. No need to work out equations; simply list and
show where value for terms comes from. Can you determine the tramp air added and the
fugitive loses? What other measurements are needed.
2) Show steps to determine the fuel flow rate in g/min knowing diesel fuel is CH
1.8
(hint
balance carbon).

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Figure 2 EPA Method 5 for Determining PM from Stationary Sources

Problem 4 (C&A 1-27) Exhaust gas at 550F and 750mmHg was sampled through EPA
Method5 (see Figure 2). Total gas flow through the dry-gas meter was 2.785 cubic meters at 60F
and 800mm Hg. During the sampling period, 1.50 grams of particles were collected, as well as
72.0 grams of water in the impingers.
a) Calculate the concentration of PM in the stack in g/m^3 at stack conditions.
b) The average exhaust velocity is 20m/s and the inside diameter of the stack is 5 meters. What is
the daily PM emission rate?

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