A power plant extracts energy from steam at and delivers 800 MW of electric power. It

Chapter 19, Problem 30

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A power plant extracts energy from steam at and delivers 800 MW of electric power. It discharges waste heat to a river at The plants overall efficiency is 28%. (a) How does this efficiency compare with the maximum possible at these temperatures? (b) Find the rate of waste-heat discharge to the river. (c) How many houses, each requiring 18 kW of heating power, could be heated with the waste heat from this plant?

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