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At a power plant that produces 1 GW109 watts) of electricity, the steam turbines take in steam at a temperature of 500o, and the waste heat is expelled into the environment at 20o
(a) What is the maximum possible efficiency of this plant?
(b) Suppose you develop a new material for making pipes and turbines, which allows the maximum steam temperature to be raised to 600o. Roughly how much money can you make in a year by installing your improved hardware, if you sell the additional electricity for 5 cents per kilowatt-hour? (Assume that the amount of fuel consumed at the plant is unchanged.)

Short Answer

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a) Maximum possible efficiency of the plant = 62.1%

b) Money can be made in a year $ 30 million

Step by step solution

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Part(a)- Step 1- Given Information

Temp at cold reservoir = 20oC and

Temp at hot reservoir = 500o

02

Pat(a)-Step 2- Explanation

Convert temp in K.

Tc =20oC = 273+20= 193 K

Th=500oC = 273+500=773 K

The efficiency of power plant is given as

e≤1-TcThSubstitutevalues,e≤1-293773e≤0.621

Maximum efficiency in percentage is 62.1%

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Part(b)-Step 1- Given information

The temperature of the cold reservoir = 20o
The temperature of the hot reservoir = 600o
The power plant produces 109 watts of electricity that is 109 J/s.
Rate of additional electricity is 5 cents /kwh.

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Part(b)-Step 2 - Explanation

Th=600o=873 K and Tc=20o=293 K

Percentage of improved efficiency

1-293873(100%)=66.437%

With the improved efficiency the amount of electricity produced is

P=109×66.4462.1=1.0699×109W

Padditional=0.0699×109W=6.99107W=6.99104kW

If sold for 5 cents per kilo-watt-hour then the money made in one second is:

=104×6.99×53600cents=97.083cents

Money made in one year is

=97.083 x 3600 x 24 x 365 cents

=3,06,16,09,488 cents

covert in $

=$ 3,06,16,094.88

= $ 30 Million ( approx)

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