1. A 400-m, one-way, two-lane rectangular tunnel (9 x 4 m) filled with cars is blocked by an accident at the exit.

The
ventilation system involves large exhaust fans blowing ambient air out of the exit end of the tunnel. Assume that the
tunnel is full of cars, all with engines idling. One car occupies 6 linear meters in one lane and emits 2.0 g/min CO. The
fans pull 0.42 x 106 m3/min of fresh air containing 0.5 mg/m3 Co into the tunnel entrance. What is the concentration of
CO in the exit air? Assume complete mixing.

Solution:

[𝐴𝐶𝐶𝑈𝑀𝑈𝐿𝐴𝑇𝐸𝐷] = [𝐼𝑁] − [𝑂𝑈𝑇] + [𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐷𝑈𝐶𝐸𝐷] − [𝐶𝑂𝑁𝑆𝑈𝑀𝐸𝐷]

0 = [𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐸 𝐼𝑁] − [𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐸 𝑂𝑈𝑇] + [𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐸 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐷𝑈𝐶𝐸𝐷] − 0

0 = 𝐶0 𝑎𝑉 − 𝐶𝑎𝑉 + 𝑆 − 0

𝐶0 𝑎𝑉 + 𝑆
𝐶=
𝑎𝑉

𝑄
𝐴𝑖𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑎 =
𝑉
3
0.42 × 106 𝑚 ⁄𝑚𝑖𝑛
𝑎= = 29.17 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒
400 𝑚 × 9 𝑚 × 4 𝑚

400 𝑚
𝑛𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑠 = × 2 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑠 = 133 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑠
6𝑚
𝑚𝑔 𝑚𝑔
𝑆 = 2000 ⁄𝑚𝑖𝑛 × 133 = 266,000 ⁄𝑚𝑖𝑛

𝑚𝑔 𝑚𝑔
(0.5 ⁄𝑚3 ) (29.17/𝑚𝑖𝑛)(400 𝑚 × 9 𝑚 × 4 𝑚) + (266,000 ⁄𝑚𝑖𝑛) 𝒎𝒈
𝐶= = 𝟏. 𝟏𝟑𝟑𝟑 𝟑
(29.17/𝑚𝑖𝑛)(400 𝑚 × 9 𝑚 × 4 𝑚) 𝒎