A city has a population of 50000 people and they consume an average 20 million m3 of natural gas per year. What fraction of this demand could be met by digesting the refuse from this community. Assume solid waste generation rate is 2kg/person/day, Organics are in the form of glucose whose organic proportion is 54.40 %.

A city has a population of 50000 people and they consume an average 20 million m3 of natural gas per year. What fraction of this demand could be met by digesting the refuse from this community. Assume solid waste generation rate is 2kg/person/day, Organics are in the form of glucose whose organic proportion is 54.40 %.

Solid Waste Engineering

3rd Edition

ISBN:9781305635203

Author:Worrell, William A.

Publisher:Worrell, William A.

Chapter6: Biological Processes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6.2P

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