EXTENDED ASSIGNMENT

SEPT 2020 SEMESTER

COURSE : CEB3013 – ENVIRONMENTAL
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
DATE : 13TH DECEMBER 2020, SUNDAY
TIME : 9AM

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. The Extended Assignment (EA) is an open-book assessment.
Students can refer to online resources, learning materials, textbooks,
and other reading materials to answer the questions posted in the
assessment.
2. Answer ALL questions.
3. The duration to complete the EA is TWENTY-FOUR (24) HOURS.
4. Students are allowed ONE (1) attempt to do the EA successfully where
only ONE (1) duly completed EA submission is permitted. Multiple
submissions are NOT allowed.
5. MAXIMUM file size for your EA submission to be uploaded to ULearn
is 50MB.
6. Please upload your answers in ONE (1) PDF file.
7. Please make sure your answer in the PDF file is clear and readable
and name your file as follows: "your name_your ID_EA Answer"
8. Late submission and unclear/unreadable answer will not be accepted.

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

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Q1. It is proposed to build a new power station that closed to Seri Iskandar district,
Perak as part of the state’s masterplan due to an increase in population in that
area. As an Environmental Engineer, create a comprehensible assessment on
the potential impact of pollutants that produced from the proposed power station
to the city center district officer. The report should include the predictive model
of resultant ground-level contaminant concentration resulting from the proposed
releases and your recommendation. The following is the information of the
proposed power station.

The power station is to be built in valley in which the wind is very constant and
regarded as unidirectional (1-dimensional). This prevailing wind blows from the
proposed power plant site towards the town of Seri Iskandar, Perak Malaysia. It
is projected that an annual pollution emission rate is 1000 kg/min and
meteorological information at site is given as TABLE Q1a. The proposed stack
height is either 30 m or 60 m. The ecological location of Seri Iskandar city center
is given in TABLE Q1b.

TABLE Q1a

% occurance 20 65 15

Windspeed (m/s) 4 8 2

stability B/C (unstable) D (neutral) E/F (stable)

TABLE Q1b

Downwind (m) Cross wind (m) Population

300 20 3000

[40 marks]

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Q2. a. Data from hydrological cycles is very important to be identified not only
for the designing, operating, and maintaining water resource
management systems, but also for a variety of applications. Elaborate the
importance of hydrological data for any TWO (2) suitable application and
discuss the impact on human life should the natural cycle is disrupted.
[10 marks]

b. Bestari Jaya District has been directed to upgrade its primary WWTP
(Wastewater Treatment Plant) to a secondary plant that can meet an
effluent standard of 25 mg/L BOD5 and 30 mg/L suspended solid. They
have selected completely mixed activated sludge system for the upgrade.
The existing primary treatment plant has a flowrate of 0.029 m3/s. The
effluent from the primary tank has a BOD5 of 240 mg/L. The estimated
requirement to design the new treatment plant is given in TABLE Q2.
Evaluate the required volume of the aeration tank.

TABLE Q2
Requirements Student ID with even numbers

BOD5 of the effluent suspended solid 70% of the allowable

suspended solids
concentration
Soluble BOD5 concentration at one- 100 mg/L BOD5
half the maximum growth rate, Ks
Degradation rate of microorganism, 0.025/day
Kd
Maximum growth rate constant, µm 10/day
Yield coefficient food mass converted 0.8 mg VSS/mg BOD5 removed
to biomass, Y
Design MLVSS 3,000 mg/L

[20 marks]

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Q3. a. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal. Adverse
pedoclimatic conditions in the landfill such as gas problems, shallow soil,
nutrient deficiency, elevated temperature, and leachate contamination
hinder vegetation establishment. Biogas release contributes directly to the
global warming due to its methane content. Since the official signing of
the Paris Agreement on 22 April 2016, Malaysia is committed to reduce
the GHG production from its various industries including waste disposal.
This ratification further reverberates the Income Tax Act 1967- Income
Tax (Qualifying Plant Allowances) (Control Equipment) Rules 1998 where
the government has provided special capital allowance incentive for the
companies which install pollution control equipment. The allowance rate
is stipulated under Schedule 3 of Income Tax Act 1997. As an
environmental chemical engineer, propose a solution for the current
landfill problem to promote environmental sustainability as outlined by the
United Nations. With aid of a diagram, discuss the proposed solution and
its impact towards environmental preservation.
[20 marks]

b. A municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill in Perak Tengah is designed to

handle solid waste generated at a rate of 50 Mg/day. It is expected that
the waste is delivered by truck on a 5 day/week basis. The waste is spread
in 0.50 m layers and compacted to 0.25 m. The density as spread is
122 kg/m3. TABLE Q3 provides the operational data of MSW to the
landfill.

TABLE Q3

Number of Lifts in a day 3

Daily cover depth (m) 0.15
Density of CH4 (kg/m3) at STP 0.7167
Density of CO2 (kg/m3) at STP 1.9768
Rapid decompose chemical formula C68H111O50N
Slow decompose chemical formula C20H29O9N

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Using the data and the fundamental knowledge of chemical engineering

principles, estimate the annual volume of landfill consumed to cover solid
waste. Assess theoretically, the production of landfill gas CH4 and CO2
from the degradation of decomposable MSW. State your assumptions.

[10 marks]

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