The Mass Balance Approach is a fundamental principle in environmental science and engineering that ensures the conservation of mass in a system by accounting for all inputs, outputs, and accumulation. It is used to analyze processes by ensuring that the total mass entering a system equals the total mass leaving plus any changes within the system over time.

Mass Balance Approach

Fundamental principle in environmental science

The conservation of mass states that in a closed system, the mass of substances remains constant over time, regardless of the processes acting inside the system. This principle is fundamental in chemistry and physics, ensuring that mass is neither created nor destroyed in chemical reactions and physical transformations.

Conservation Of Mass

System inputs

System Outputs

Mass accumulation

Analyze processes

Total mass entering a system

Total mass leaving a system

Changes within the system

Mass balance in engineering

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