Question

1. In environmental management and consulting, there are quite a few acronyms used for various environmental laws or related issues. What are these acronyms for?

SDWA:

CWA:

RCRA:

CERCLA:

NEPA:

CAA:

2. What are the six criteria contaminants included in the National Ambient Air Quality Standards?

3. A first-order reaction is carried out in a batch reactor at constant temperature. A 90% conversion is achieved in 20 min. If the reaction is now taking place in a CSTR with a flow rate of 10 liter/min, how big the tank has to be in order to achieve the same conversion?

Answer 1

The answer to 3rd part has been obtained based on first order kinetics.

The terms have their usual meanings explained there.