An incinerator is located in Lake Grove. It generates 90 MW of electricity per hour.
The shredded trash must be fed into three different boilers at a rate of 12 tons per hour per boiler.
The trucks delivering the trash to the plant have an 80,000 pound capacity of trash when fully loaded.
There are 2,000 pounds in one ton
Assume all trucks that arrive are fully loaded
1. What is the number of trucks arriving each day to keep the plant operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week? 2. If the ash produced from the combustion is 10% of the original mass of the refuse, how many truck loads of ash must be disposed of in one day?