ENGINEERING FACULTY

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Year: 2019-2020 Semester: Spring
Course Name: ENV2002 – Chemodynamics
MAKEUP EXAM QUESTION-ANSWER SHEET
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Question 1 (15p.) 2 (15p.) 3 (15p.) 4 (15p) 5 (20p) 6 (20p) TOTAL POINT:
100
Point

Prog.Outcomes P1, P2 P1, P2 P1, P2 P1, P2 P1, P2 P1, P2

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solutions are an honest measure of my understanding of the materials in this course.
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PROBLEMS
1. Solubility of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in water is 3.4 g/L at 25 oC. The Henry’s
constant for H2S at 25 oC is 500 atm. Calculate the saturated concentration of H2S
in air as mg/L. (15p)
Molecular weights (g/mole): S = 32; H = 1

2. A domestic wastewater with a flow rate (Q) of 10 m3/min will be treated in an

aerobic CSTR reactor. The input BOD concentration to CSTR reactor is 300 mg/L.
The degradation of organic compounds (BOD) obeys to first order rate kinetic with
a degradation rate constant (k) of 0,04 min-1. To achieve 90% BOD removal, what
should be the minimum volume of CSTR reactor for steady state conditions? (15p)

3. The surface water receives oxygen from atmosphere up to a saturation value let
say 8.6 mg/L at 25 oC. Elaborate how increasing the value of each parameter listed
below will affect the oxygen flux from air to water (kg/m2.min). Your answer
should be “increase”, “decrease”, or “no change”). Explain your answer briefly
with a single sentence. (15p)

Water-air surface area (A)

Temperature (T)

Elevation (altitude) from sea level assuming temperature is constant

Dissolved oxygen concentration (A2) in water

Water height (h)

 4. A rectangular swimming pool has a volume of (V) of 400 m3 and water depth (h) of
2 m. The water in the swimming pool is evaporated to atmosphere at 30 oC.
Assuming dry air conditions (no humidity), the constant evaporation flux from the
pool is given as 0.25 kg/m2.min, calculate
a) Two-film mass transfer coefficient (KA2) as cm/h. (5p)
b) The volume of water (m3) which will be evaporated from pool within 1 day. (5p)
c) How long it will take to evaporate all water in the swimming pool. (5p)
Not: The density of water is 1000 kg/m3.

5. A lake has an area of 104 m2 and a depth of 5 m and receives an input of 200 moles of
chemical per day from an industrial effluent discharge. The same chemical is also
present in the influent water (103 m3/d) at a concentration of 0.02 mole/m3. The chemical
reacts with a first order rate constant k = 0.0015 h-1 and it volatilizes at a rate of 10-4 
cA2 mole/(m2.s), where m2 refers to the air-water interfacial area. The outflow is 5000
m3/d; there is some additional loss of water by evaporation. Assuming that the lake water
is well mixed and in a steady state with respect to the concentration of the chemical,
calculate the concentration of the chemical in the lake and the loadings in all the inputs
and outputs in units of mole/d. (20p)

6. The organic content of the soil strongly affects the partitioning of organic pesticides
between the soil and water phases. The table below contains experimental results of an
equilibrium study with soils of organic matter  1%. For each test 4 mL of a 1.0 ppm
solution was added to each 1.0 g soil. The pH was adjusted to 2 with HNO 3 and the
slurry incubated for 1 hr.

a. Determine the soil-water partition coefficient,  *A 3 2 (L/kg soil) for each. (10p)

b. Determine the organic matter-water partition coefficient,  *A C 2 (L/kg OM), for each.
(10p)

Sorption of 4-Amino-3,5,6-Trichloropicolinic Acid by Soils at pH 2 (wt%).

Soil Organic Matter Acid in Solution Acid Sorbed on Soil

Content of Soil at Equilibrium at Equilibrium

A 1.0 51 49

B 2.7 23 77

C 10.7 5.8 94