The safe disposal of hazardous waste material is a major environmental concern for industrialized societies and creates

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The safe disposal of hazardous waste material is a major environmental concern for industrialized societies and creates challenging problems for engineers. The disposal methods commonly used include landfilling, burying in the ground, recycling, and incineration or burning. Incineration is frequently used as a practical means for the disposal of combustible waste such as organic materials. The EPA regulations require that the waste material be burned almost completely above a specified temperature without polluting the environment. Maintaining the temperature above a certain level, typically about 1100oC, necessitates the use of a fuel when the combustion of the waste material alone is not sufficient to obtain the minimum specified temperature. A certain industrial process generates a liquid solution of ethanol and water as the waste product at a rate of 10 kg/s. The mass fraction of ethanol in the solution is 0.2. This solution is to be burned using methane (CH4) in a steady-flow combustion chamber. Propose a combustion process that will accomplish this task with a minimal amount of methane. State your assumptions.
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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 978-0073398174

8th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

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