GATE ES · 2022 · ES
Question 65: Energy and Environment
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Question 65
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Figure below gives the heat inflow into the furnace of a waste-to-energy plant along with the heat outflows from the furnace.
Assume: (i) total heat loss equal to 3% of heat released while burning waste, (ii) sensible heat of the waste is negligible, (iii) complete burning of the waste is ensured. If the waste feed rate into this plant is 70 kg/h, the heat content of the waste (in kcal/kg, rounded off to one decimal place) is __________.
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GATE ES 2022 · Paper 1
Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Question type
- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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