A hydroelectric plant has 14 identical Francis turbines, a gross head of 284 m, and a

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A hydroelectric plant has 14 identical Francis turbines, a gross head of 284 m, and a volume flow rate of 13.6 m3 /s through each turbine. The water is at 25C. The efficiencies are hturbine 5 95.9%, hgenerator 5 94.2%, and hother 5 95.6%, where hother accounts for all other mechanical energy losses. Estimate the electrical power production from this plant in MW.

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