Question: 6 0 tons ( 1 ton = 2 0 0 0 lbm ) of coal were burned each day at Miami s steam plant. The

60 tons (1 ton =2000 lbm) of coal were burned each day at Miamis steam plant. The ash made up approximately 10 mass% of the coal. Assume that 40% of the ash falls to the bottom of the boiler and is collected there as solid waste, and the rest is carried out of the boiler as particulate matter in the air stream. Then assume that 99% of the particulate matter in the air stream was removed from the air stream in the electrostatic precipitator at the steam plant and disposed as solid waste. The mass flow rate of the particulate matter in the air stream that exits the steam plant is the emission rate of particulate matter.
Draw a box diagram of this process (include a box for the boiler and the electrostatic precipitator). Calculate the mass flow rate of ash entering and leaving each unit operation. What is the emission rate of ash, or particulate matter, from the steam plant when it burned coal? Put answer in terms of kg/day.

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