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©2001 CRC Press LLC<br />

6.9 CONCLUDING EXAMPLE<br />

For the two substances selected from Table 3.5, which were the subject of the<br />

concluding example in Chapter 5, perform a Level II calculation for the air, water,<br />

soil, and bottom sediment phases either as defined in that example or using the<br />

environment deduced in the concluding example from Chapter 4. Use Fugacity Form<br />

3 and ignore other phases. Assume reasonable residence times in air, water, and<br />

bottom sediment for the purpose of calculating advection rates. There is no advection<br />

from soil. Use the degradation half-lives from Table 3.5.<br />

Assume first a total input by emission of 100 kg/h and calculate the fugacity,<br />

concentrations, amounts, and the three chemical residence times (overall, reaction,<br />

and advection).<br />

Second, recalculate this Level II example assuming that the inflow air and water<br />

both contain the chemical at a concentration that is 20% of the air and water<br />

concentrations calculated above.<br />

Discuss the results and present them in a diagrammatic form. Discuss which<br />

reaction and advection processes are most important. Are the residence times in<br />

these two examples equal or not? Explain why they are equal or different.

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