At a steam power plant, steam engines work in pairs, the

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At a steam power plant, steam engines work in pairs, the output of heat from one being the approximate heat input of the second. The operating temperatures of the first are 670°C and 440°C, and of the second 430°C and 290°C. If the heat of combustion of coal is 2.8 × 107 J/kg, at what rate must coal be burned if the plant is to put out 1100 MW of power? Assume the efficiency of the engines is 60% of the ideal (Carnot) efficiency.

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Problem 28P

At a steam power plant, steam engines work in pairs, the output of heat from one being the approximate heat input of the second. The operating temperatures of the first are 670°C and 440°C, and of the second 430°C and 290°C. If the heat of combustion of coal is 2.8 × 107 J/kg, at what rate must coal be burned if the plant is to put out 1100 MW of power? Assume the efficiency of the engines is 60% of the ideal (Carnot) efficiency.

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