Question

A small restaurant wood fired pizza cooking operation requires about 200,000 BTU of heat for the pizza oven on an average night. Assume that the oven is fired using wood from fast growing poplar trees that is delivered with an ash content of 1.16 %. If dry poplar has an energy density of 8382 BTU/b, how much ash (in 16) would the restaurant generate in one night burning the wood fuel?(round your answer to two decimel places)

Answer 1

Amount of ash generated a total energy Energy density = 200, 000 BTU - X0.016 8382 BTU eb = 0.381 lb)