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The document provides instructions for an assignment on environmental engineering topics including water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, solid waste, and noise pollution. It contains 11 questions across these topics requiring calculations of parameters like suspended solids concentration, BOD, pollutant concentrations, moisture content, air requirements for combustion, and noise levels. Students are asked to answer all questions on A4 paper for each topic section.

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Assignment v2

The document provides instructions for an assignment on environmental engineering topics including water and wastewater treatment, air pollution, solid waste, and noise pollution. It contains 11 questions across these topics requiring calculations of parameters like suspended solids concentration, BOD, pollutant concentrations, moisture content, air requirements for combustion, and noise levels. Students are asked to answer all questions on A4 paper for each topic section.

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Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education

Department of Construction
CON4418 Introduction of Environmental Engineering

Assignment:
Instruction: Answer ALL questions of each topic on A4-sized paper(s).

Water and Wastewater Treatment:


Q1. Define the following terms in relation to water engineering. (7%)
(a) Alkalinity
(b) Colour

Q2. The following test results were obtained from a wastewater sample taken
data wastewater treatment plant. 8%)
Data:
 Wastewater sample size = 300 mL
 Weight of the filter paper = 1.2433 g
 Test results:
 Weight of residue and the filter paper after drying at 105oC = 1.267 g
 Weight of residue and the filter paper after ignition at 550oC = 1.259 g
Determine the concentration in mg/L of suspended solids and
suspendedvolatile solids. All the samples used in the solids analyses were
evaporated,dried or ignited to constant weight.

Q3. A water sample has a BOD5 value of 800 mg/L at 25oC. Calculate
theultimate BOD (Lo) of the sample. Given that the reaction rate constant at
20oC is 0.23 per day. (10%)

Q4. State the purpose of grit removal in wastewater treatment. (6%)

Air Pollution:
Q5. An automobile’s exhaust gas contains 2 % by volume of CO. What is the
concentration of CO as (g/m3) at 20C and 1.5 atm. pressure? (8 %)

Q6. An average daily concentration of SO2 is observed to be 415 g/m3 at 20C


and 1 atm at a location. What is the corresponding concentration in ppm?
(10 %)
Q7. The stack of a factory with an effective stack height (H) of 75 m emits 22
g/s of CO. Calculate the CO concentration in g/m3 at ground-level 1500 m
downwind and 200 m crosswind from the stack. Wind speed is 6 m/s and
the stability category is D. (10 %)
Solid Waste:
Q8. Calculate the total moisture content of a solid waste with the following
compositions and individual moisture contents. If wood is removed from
the waste, what is the change in percentage of the moisture content? (10%)

Components Mass % Moisture Content %


Food Waste 40 55
Paper 30 5
Cardboard 3 6
Plastic 10 2
Wood 4 15
Others 13 4

Q9. Estimate the theoretical amount of air required expressed in kg/T for
complete combustion of a waste with a composition of C60H120O30N3?
(15 %)

Noise Pollution:
Q10. Determine the Leq of the measured period from 0700 to 1900, i.e. the
working period of the construction site. (10 %)
Time (hr.) Sound level (dBA)
0000 – 0700 45
0700 – 0800 60
0800 – 1000 70
1000 – 1200 68
1200 – 1300 63
1300 – 1600 70
1600 – 1900 75
1900 – 2100 58
2100 – 0000 55

Q11. Compare the difference of noise level measurement between a sunny day
and a clear night. Which set of data is more reliable? (6 %)

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