GATE ES · 2024 · ES
Question 60: Municipal solid waste management
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Question 60
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Two hypothetical organic waste streams A and B are mixed prior to the composting process. Waste-A has 2.16% of C and 1.20% of N. Waste-B has 19.10% of C and 0.14% of N. The quantity of Waste-B that should be mixed with per kg of Waste-A to achieve the desired C:N ratio of 25 is ______ kg (rounded off to 2 decimal places). Assume both the waste streams are completely dry.
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2024ES
GATE ES 2024 · Paper 1
Environmental Science and Engineering · Original paper archive
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- Environmental Science and Engineering
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- Numerical answer (NAT)
- Marks
- 2 marks
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