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The document outlines an assignment related to Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City, focusing on various aspects of landfill stabilization, leachate, hazardous waste, and waste composition. It includes multiple-choice questions on topics such as the pH of TCLP fluid, environmental effects of hazardous waste, and calculations related to moisture content and energy content of solid waste. The assignment emphasizes understanding waste management principles and their environmental implications.

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Week 2_Assignment_Solutions

The document outlines an assignment related to Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City, focusing on various aspects of landfill stabilization, leachate, hazardous waste, and waste composition. It includes multiple-choice questions on topics such as the pH of TCLP fluid, environmental effects of hazardous waste, and calculations related to moisture content and energy content of solid waste. The assignment emphasizes understanding waste management principles and their environmental implications.

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Integrated Waste Management for a Smart City

Week 2 - Assignment solution


1) What are the phases of landfill stabilization?
a) Preliminary aerobic-Methane forming-Acid forming-Final aerobic
b) Preliminary aerobic-Acid forming-Methane forming-Final aerobic
c) Preliminary aerobic-Acid forming-Methane forming-Final aerobic
d) Preliminary aerobic-Acid forming-Methane forming-Final aerobic

(This question is not being considered for valuation)


2) What should be the pH of TCLP Fluid#2 (acetic acid)
a) 2.88 ± 0.01
b) 2.88 ± 0.5
c) 2.88 ± 0.05
d) 2.88 ± 0.1
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3) Leachate is:
a) a by-product of waste incineration
b) a type of waste storage container used in “clean coal” plants
c) a non-recyclable type of plastic
d) liquid that results when garbage substances in a landfill dissolve in water

(From Week 1 lectures)

(From Week 2 lectures)


From both the slides we have to understand that leachate is a liquid that results
when garbage substances in a landfill dissolve in water
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4) The most serious environmental effect posed by hazardous wastes is
a) Air pollution
b) Contamination of groundwater
c) Increased use of land for landfills.
d) None of these

5) Ignitibility, corrosivity, reactivity and toxicity are characteristics of


a) Construction and demolition waste
b) Hazardous Waste
c) Agricultural waste
d) Household waste

6) Moisture that condenses from landfill gas when it cools is called condensate?
a) True
b) False
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7) The components for conceptual Waste Composition for Biodegradability
Characterization are: BVS + RVS + Inorganic + Ash + water
a) True
b) False

8) Determine the moisture content of a solid sample with the following composition?
Component Percent by mass Typical density, kg/m3
Food waste 15 290
Paper 45 85
Cardboard 10 50
Plastics 10 65
Garden trimmings 10 105
Tin cans 5 240
Wood 5 90
a) 26%
b) 27%
c) 21%
d) 19%
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(Using the typical value of moisture content from lecture)
Component Percent by mass Moisture Content,% Dry mass, kg (based on
100kg of waste sample)
Food waste 15 70 4.5
Paper 45 6 42.3
Cardboard 10 5 9.5
Plastics 10 2 9.8
Garden trimmings 10 60 4.0
Tin cans 5 20 4.0
Wood 5 3 4.9
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Moisture content = ( ) X 100 =21%

9) From the data provided in Question No.8, determine the density of a solid sample
a) 45 kg/m3
b) 90 kg/m3
c) 135 kg/m3
d) 180 kg/m3

Component Percent by mass Typical density, kg/m3 Volume,m3(based on


1000kg sample of waste)
Food waste 15 290 0.25
Paper 45 85 5.29
Cardboard 10 50 2.00
Plastics 10 65 1.54
Garden trimmings 10 105 0.95
Tin cans 5 240 0.21
Wood 5 90 0.56
11.07

Density = = kg/m3
.

10) If energy content of solid waste as discarded is 20000 KJ/Kg. Find energy content
on dry basis if moisture content of solid waste is 10%.Also find energy content as
ash free dry basis is ash content is 5%.
a) 18 MJ/Kg , 19.5 MJ/Kg
b) 22 MJ/Kg , 23.5 MJ/Kg
c) 28 MJ/Kg , 29.5 MJ/Kg
d) 32 MJ/Kg , 33.5 MJ/Kg

 Energy content on dry basis = 20000 x = 22 MJ/Kg

 Energy content on ash free dry basis = 20000 x =23.5 MJ/Kg

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