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A typical coal-fired power plant burns 300metric tons of coal every hour to generate 750MWof electricity. 1metric ton = 1000kg. The density of coal is 1500 kg/m3 and its heat of combustion is28MJ/kg . Assume that all heat is transferred from the fuel to the boiler and that all the work done in spinning the turbine is transformed into electric energy.

a. Suppose the coal is piled up in a 10m*10mroom. How tall must the pile be to operate the plant for one day?

b. What is the power plant鈥檚 thermal efficiency?

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(a) The plant of one day48m

(b) The power plant's thermal efficiency is 32%

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01

Find Height (part a)

Let Vbe the volume of the heaped coal. It is obvious that since the base is a square; let's call one of its sides aand the heighth.

h=Va2

The rate at which the fuel must be consumed for the power plant to operate is indicated in metric tones per hour. This will be symbolized by the letter m. It's obvious that if we want the power plant to run forthours, the amount of coal we'll need to burn isM=mt.

A mass Mof a volume Vof coal with density will be

V=M

02

Find height (part b)

Therefore, we can combine our formulas to find:

h=Va2=Ma2=mta2

We know that the mass mrequired for our power plant in one hour is 300 metric tones,

localid="1649657696661" h=3105241500102=48m

03

Find Efficiency

The efficiency is given by,

=PePh

This is generated by multiplying the numerator and denominator by the time, where the output electric power is denoted by Peand the input heating power is denoted by Ph. We know that when mass Mof a substance with specific energy cis burned, heat is generated.

Q=cM

This means that we'll need to burn the same fuel at a rate of Mtto acquire heating power Ph.

Ph=cMt

A mass of 300metric tons is needed in one hour. That is, our efficiency will be

=PePh=PecM/t=PetcM

Using a numerical approach, we have

=7.510836002.81073105=32%

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