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Formaldehyde undergoes first order degradation at a rate of 0.1#hr. If a car emits. G of / 0 per minute' what minimum ventilation rate %in m3#hr( would "e necessary to +eep the concentration in your garage from the dangerous level of 1100 ppmv$.

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HW #2

Formaldehyde undergoes first order degradation at a rate of 0.1#hr. If a car emits. G of / 0 per minute' what minimum ventilation rate %in m3#hr( would "e necessary to +eep the concentration in your garage from the dangerous level of 1100 ppmv$.

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HW #2 1. You just installed new carpet in your 500 ft2 apartment with 8 ft ceilings.

This new carpet gives off 0.3 mg of formaldehyde per s uare foot per hour. !hat will the formaldehyde concentration "e in your apartment if the ventilation rate is 50 m3#hr$ %&ssume steady state conditions' and ignore degradation of formaldehyde( 3 mg#m3

2. )ow calculate the steady state concentration of formaldehyde in your apartment assuming that formaldehyde undergoes first order degradation at a rate of 0.1#hr. 2.* mg#m3

3. &fter 2 wee+s of living with the formaldehyde concentration calculated in ,2 a"ove' you decide you are sic+ of it and you and friend rip up the carpet and throw it in the dumpster. !hat would "e the concentration of formaldehyde in your apartment * hours after you ripped the carpet up$ 0.28 mg#m3

*. -f a car emits . g of /0 per minute' what minimum ventilation rate %in m3#hr( would "e necessary to +eep the /0 concentration in your garage from the dangerous level of 1100 ppmv$ &ssume that /0 is a conservative pollutant' and assume a temperature of 252/ and pressure of 1 atm. 230 m3#hr

5. 3ro"lem 1.11 from the te4t"oo+. 1 mg#m3

1. 3ro"lem 1.1. from the te4t"oo+. 10.5 ug#m3

.. 3ro"lem 1.18 from the te4t"oo+. 12 ug#m3

8. & 1500 m3 water tower has "een cleaned with a chlorine solution. The vapors of chlorine in the tower e4ceed allowa"le concentrations for the wor+ crew to enter and finish repairs. -f the chlorine concentration is 15 mg#m3 and the allowa"le concentration is 0.0015 mg#6' how long must the wor+ers vent the tan+ with clean air flowing at 2.35 m3#s$ 31 min

5. You sealed up your apartment and set off a "ug "om" to +ill the roaches. The pesticide degrades with a first order rate of 0.*#hr. -f it is safe to return when only 0.017 of the pesticide remains' when should you return$ 23 hr

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