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ENagel

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Question 1

An 800-MW electric power plant has an efficiency of 30%. It loses its waste heat in large cooling towers. Approximately how much waste heat (in MJ) is discharged to the atmosphere per second?

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1 200

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1 900

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800

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560

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240


Question 2

An adiabatic free expansion of a gas in a thermally isolated container is not reversible because

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work must be done on the gas to return it to its original volume.

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heat must be exchanged with the surroundings to return the gas to its original temperature.

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its internal energy has a greater value after the expanded gas is returned to its original volume and temperature.

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of all of the above.

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of (a) and (b) above only.
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Reply #1 on: Aug 6, 2020
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ENagel

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