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KIei asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 4 years ago

Physics Help Please! A power plant running at 34 percent efficiency generates 300 MW of electric power.?

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At what rate (in MW) is heat energy exhausted to the river that cools the plant?

Q=__MW

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  • sojsail
    Lv 7
    4 years ago
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    Energy used (coal or whatever) = usable energy + energy sent to the river for cooling

    efficiency = usable energy/Energy used

    Therefore Energy used = usable energy/efficiency

    Plug that and the usable energy into the first equation above

  • alex
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    102MW

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