Name : Kevin Mulia Christian

Student ID : 018201700005

Air Pollution Control Mid-Term Exam


 Given : Cyclone
Wi = 0.5 ft
Vc = 70 ft/s
N=5
K=8
Asked : (a) Efficiency diameter; (b) cut diameter; (c) pressure loss
Solution
𝑓𝑡 2
𝜋𝑁𝑉𝑐 𝐷 2 𝜌𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 (𝜋)(5)(70 )(10−6 𝑚) (3.28𝑓𝑡/𝑚)2 (124.8 𝑙𝑏𝑚/𝑓𝑡 3 )
𝑠
(a) 𝜂 = = (9)(0.5 𝑓𝑡)(1.8×10−2 𝑐𝑝)[6.72×10−4 𝑙𝑏𝑚/𝑓𝑡.𝑠.𝑐𝑝]
= 0.0271
9𝑊𝑖 𝜇

1
1
𝑘𝑔
9𝑊𝑖 𝜇 2 (9)(0.5 𝑓𝑡)(1.8×10−5 .𝑠) 2
(b) 𝐷𝑐𝑢𝑡 = (2𝜋𝑁𝑉 𝜌 ) =( 𝑓𝑡
𝑚
𝑘𝑔 ) = 4.29 × 10−6 𝑚 ≈ 4 𝜇
𝑐 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 2𝜋(5)(70 )(2000 3 )
𝑠 𝑚

𝜌𝑔 𝑉𝑖2 𝑙𝑏𝑚 𝑓𝑡 2 1 𝑙𝑏𝑓.𝑠2 𝑓𝑡 2 𝑙𝑏𝑓

(c) 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝 = 𝐾 ( ) = 8 (0.075 𝑓𝑡 3 ) (70 𝑠 ) (2) (32.2 𝑙𝑏𝑚.𝑓𝑡) (144 𝑖𝑛.2 ) = 0.32 𝑖𝑛.2
2

 Given : Cyclone separator

Inlet width = 0.25 ft
Vc = 60 ft/s
Asked : (a) Cut diameter (b) Collection efficiency
Solution
1
1
𝑘𝑔
9𝑊𝑖 𝜇 2 (9)(0.25 𝑓𝑡)(1.8×10−5
.𝑠) 2
(a) 𝐷𝑐𝑢𝑡 =( ) =( 𝑓𝑡
𝑚
𝑘𝑔 ) = 3.3 × 10−6 𝑚
2𝜋𝑁𝑉𝑐 𝜌𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 2𝜋(5)(60 )(2000 3 )
𝑠 𝑚
2 (𝜋)(5)(60
𝑓𝑡
)(10−6 𝑚)2 (3.28𝑓𝑡/𝑚)2 (124.8 𝑙𝑏𝑚/𝑓𝑡 3 )
𝜋𝑁𝑉𝑐 𝐷 𝜌𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑠
(b) 𝜂 = =
(9)(0.25 𝑓𝑡)(1.8×10−2 𝑐𝑝)[6.72×10−4 𝑙𝑏𝑚/𝑓𝑡.𝑠.𝑐𝑝]
= 0.0465
9𝑊𝑖 𝜇
 Given : Vs = 5 ft/min
750 MW
1.5 million acfm of stack gas
Cylindrical bags L = 40 ft; D= 1 ft
Asked : (a) A of filter surface (b) bags needed
Solution
𝑄
(a) 𝑉𝑠 = 𝐴
𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑄 (1500000 𝑎𝑐𝑓𝑚)
𝐴𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 𝑉 = = 300000 𝑓𝑡 2
𝑠 5 𝑓𝑡/𝑚𝑖𝑛
(b) 𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟ℎ = 2𝜋(0.5 𝑓𝑡)(40 𝑓𝑡) = 125.66 𝑓𝑡 2
300000 𝑓𝑡 2
𝑁= = 2387.4 ≈ 2387 𝑏𝑎𝑔𝑠
125.66 𝑓𝑡 2

𝑔
Given : = 1 𝑐𝑚2 ;
𝑔
𝑀𝑊 = 400 𝑚𝑜𝑙 ; ;

p = 10−7 torr at 20℃

thickness = 1𝑚𝑚 = 0.001 𝑚
𝑚𝑜𝑙 10−7 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑙
(a) Evaporation rate = (0.5 ) = 6.58 × 10−11 evaporation time (in
𝑚.𝑠 760 𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑟 𝑚.𝑠
1 𝑚𝑜𝑙 1𝑚𝑜𝑙 1𝑔
seconds) 6.58×10−11 𝑚.𝑠 × 400𝑔 × 10−6 𝑚3 × 0.001𝑚 = 3.8 × 1010 𝑠 = 6.3 ×
108 min = 1.05 × 107 ℎ𝑟 = 4.4 × 105 𝑑𝑎𝑦 = 1205 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟