Air Pollution Unit Conversion Calculations
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ACTIVIDAD Nº 1: CONVERSIÓN DE UNIDADES
1. The monitor of an air pollution control station gives a
average daily concentration for the SO2of 480 g/m3at 30 C and0 1 atm, what will be
the concentration of SO2in ppm?
Molecular weight SO2= 32 g S/mol + 2 · 16 g O/mol = 64 g SO2/mol
480 g SO23= 480 · 10-6g SO2/m3
30°C = 303 K 6
Moles of SO → m 480$10Kg K6
2 n:=7.5$10 mol SO2
Pm 1
64 g/mol
7.5$10 mole$0.082 atm L KK1mol
K 1
Volume of → PV = nRT → V = 0 6 K $303K1
1.86 times 10-4L
1 atm
SO2
1 ppm = (L contaminant / 103The air) → 1.86 · 10-4L · 103ppm/L →0.186 ppm SO2
2. It is observed that the average daily concentration for nitrogen monoxide is
0
a monitoring station is 40 g/m3at 25 C and 750 mm of pressure, what will be the
concentration of NO in ppm?
Molecular weight NO = 14 g N/mol + 16 g O/mol = 30 g NO/mol
40 g NO/m3= 40 · 10-6g NO/m3
25°C = 298 K
750 mmHg = 0.987 atm
Moles of NO→ n= 40$10 K 6 g n = 1.3 · 10-6mol
Pm n=
1
$
30g mol K
Volume NO → PV = nRT →V= 0 1.3 K
$ 106mol$ 0.082 atm L KK1moleK1$298K1
0.987atm
= 3.22 · 10-5L
1 ppm = (L contaminant / 103The air) → 3.22 · 10-5L · 103ppm/L → 3.22 · 10-2ppm NO
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3. The monitor of a municipal air pollution control station gives
an average daily ozone concentration of 20 g/m3a 200C y 1 bar, what will it be
ozone concentration in ppb?
Molecular weight of O3= 3 · 16 g O/mol = 48 g O/mol
20 g O3/m3= 20 · 10-6g O33
20°C = 293 K
Pressure → 1 bar · (1 atm/1.013 bar) = 0.987 atm
m 20$ 10Kg 6
Moles of O3→ n=
Pm
→ 1 n = 4.16 · 10- mol
48 g/mol K 7
Volume O3PV = nRTV= 0 4.16$ 10 K7
0.987atm
1
mol$ 0.082 atm L KK1moleK $293K1 = 10.13 · 10-6L
1 ppb = (L contaminant / 106The air) →10.13 · 10-6L · 10610.13 ppb O3
The gas from a truck's exhaust pipe contains
2.2% by volume of carbon monoxide.
of carbon, what will be the concentration of CO in mg/m a 300C and 1.02 atmospheres? 3
Molecular weight CO = 12 g C/mol + 16 g O/mol = 28 g CO/mol
30°C = 303 K
1.02 atm $ 22l
Moles CO → PV=nRT→ n= →
0.082 atm L K1K
mol K 1 $ 303K
n = 0.903 mol CO/m3of air
0.903 mol CO/m3of air · 28 g/mol CO →CO concentration = 25.29 g/m325290 mg/m3
5. The concentration of carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke reaches
concentrations close to 450 ppm. Determine the percentage by volume and the
concentration in mg/m3a 200There is 1.1 atm.
Molecular weight CO = 12 g C/mol + 16 g O/mol = 28 g CO/mol
20°C = 293 K
450 liters of CO 450cm3CO
450ppm= =
106of air 1m3air Volume CO = 0.45 L
PV = nRT → n= 1.1atm $0.45l n = 0.0206 mol CO/m3air
0.082 atm L KK1molK1$293K
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0.0206 mol CO/m3air · 28 g/mol CO = 0.577 g/m3 CO concentration = 577 mg/m3
6. A thermal power generation facility burns coal as fuel and
it produces gaseous emissions of 6.8 Nm3per kg of incinerated fuel. Calculate
What will be the particle concentration, expressed in mg/Nm?3in the emission gases,
If 7.2 kg of particles are generated per ton of burned fuel.
Particle emissions generated: 7.2 kg part/Tm fuel = 7.2 · 10-3kg part/kg
flammable
Concentration of particles in total gas emissions:
1
7.2 $ 10K3kg part $ kg fuel K -3 3 3
Concentration= kg/Nm = 1060 mg/Nm
6.8Nm3 $ kgK1combustible
→ 1.06 ·
10
7. Continuing with problem (6). If it is required that the
sulfur dioxide content of
3
the gases emitted into the atmosphere should be less than 3000 mg/Nm express this
concentration in ppm and indicate how much SO2it is released, at most, per kg of
combustible incinerated with this concentration
SO concentration2in ppm: 3000 mg/Nm33 g/Nm3
m 3g n = 0.047 mol SO
Pm→ 2
64g$ molK1
PV = nRT→ 0 0.047 mol $0.082 atm L KK1molK1 $ 273K1 → V = 1.05 LSO2
V=
1 atm
Concentration in ppm = 1.05 L · 103=1050 ppm of SO2
SO Release2
1050 ppm = 1050 cm3/m3
Multiplying the concentration of sulfur dioxide by the volume of emissions: