Help With My Essay:Environmental engineering calculations
- A new power plant will be built and the owner is evaluating which fuel will be used. The power plant will utilize 1000 MMBtu/hr of fuel, regardless of fuel type. Possible fuels include natural gas, diesel fuel (distillate oil, No. 2 oil), wood residue, or anthracite coal. Assume the plant will operate 8760 hours per year at maximum load. For each fuel type find the following:
- Emissions of CO2 in metric tons per year
- Emissions of CH4 and N2O in metric tons per year
- Total GHG emissions for each fuel type in units of metric tons CO2eq/year.
- Which fuel results in the lowest level of total GHG emissions?
- Your company is evaluating a project which would combust methane being generated at a dairy that currently emits 1500 metric tons per year of methane. Answer the following:
- Write a balanced chemical reaction for combustion of CH4 with O2 to form CO2.
- For each metric ton of methane combusted, what is the net reduction in emissions in units of CO2-eq assuming 100% conversion to CO2.
- If the project will be considered profitable if the cost to reduce each metric ton of emissions is $20 per metric ton CO2-eq or less, what is the maximum total annualized cost for the project to be profitable?
- Select one aspect of either your life or job that results in emissions of GHGs (Possible options: international travel, transit to and from work or school, a piece of equipment or project at your
