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Assignment 1 - Coal and Waste Valorization

This document outlines the assignment details for CHEE 524 - Coal and Waste Valorization at Botswana International University of Science and Technology, due on May 2, 2025. It includes instructions for submission, two questions focusing on coal milling and waste classification, with specific marks allocated for each part. Students are required to provide calculations and descriptions related to the topics covered.

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Assignment 1 - Coal and Waste Valorization

This document outlines the assignment details for CHEE 524 - Coal and Waste Valorization at Botswana International University of Science and Technology, due on May 2, 2025. It includes instructions for submission, two questions focusing on coal milling and waste classification, with specific marks allocated for each part. Students are required to provide calculations and descriptions related to the topics covered.

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Botswana International University of Science and Technology

CHEE 524 – COAL AND WASTE VALORIZATION

ASSIGNMENT ONE

Due date: 02 MAY 2025

Total Marks: 35

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer all questions, and clearly number your solutions using the same

numbering format as in the question.

2. Submit in my office deadline is 04:00 pm on Friday 02 May 2025. Late

submissions will have marks deducted.

© BIUST 2025

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Question 1

Size reduction is done to prepare coal for downstream processes and applications.

Coal is milled at a rate of 10 t/h and the power required for this operation is 67.5 kW.

Assuming that Bond’s law best describes the relationship between energy required

and change in particle size, determine the work index for the grain and thus find the

total power requirement to mill down to a distribution where 80% passes 100 μm.

Indicate all the steps in your calculations.

Initial distribution Final distribution

Sieve size (µm) Mass fraction Sieve size (µm) Mass fraction

6730 0.00 605 0.00

4760 0.05 425 0.08

3360 0.15 300 0.12

2380 0.70 212 0.65

1680 0.10 150 0.11

100 0.04

[15 marks]

Question 2

a) Describe what you understand by the term Waste-to-Energy (WTE).

[4 Marks]

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b) Waste classification can be done in many different ways and may vary

according to who is describing it. However, we have been provided below with

a classification of waste into four main groups: (1) Domestic (Municipal Solid

Waste-MSW) Waste, (2) Medical Waste, (3) Industrial Waste, and (4)

Hazardous Waste.

Briefly describe and explain these four waste classifications giving the

composition of the waste where possible.

[16 Marks]

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