A Coal-Fired Generating Station with a Thermodynamic Efficiency of 35 $600 \mathrm { MW } _ { \mathrm { e } }$

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Essay

A coal-fired generating station with a thermodynamic efficiency of 35% produces an average output of $600 \mathrm { MW } _ { \mathrm { e } }$ . Assume that coal is pure carbon and that $\mathrm { CaO }$ is used to sequester all of the $\mathrm { CO } _ { 2 }$ that is produced.
(a) What is the mass of $\mathrm { CaO }$ required each year?
(b) Find the density of $\mathrm { CaO }$ and calculate the size of a cubic container required to contain the $\mathrm { CaO }$ from part (a).

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