A Coal-Fired Generating Station Has an Efficiency of 38% and Produces

question 10

Essay

A coal-fired generating station has an efficiency of 38% and produces an
average electrical output of 1000 MWe.
(a) How much coal does it burn per second? Assume the coal is bituminous.(b) How much heat (in joules) is released to the environment per second?
(c) How many liters of water at 20°C could the heat in part (b) boil (at STP) per second?

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