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An Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant built in Hawaii in 1987 was designed
to operate between the temperature limits of
86°F
at the ocean surface and
41°F
at a depth
2100 ft. About 13,300 gpm of cold seawater was to be pumped from deep ocean through a
40-in-diameter pipe to serve as the cooling medium or heat sink. If the cooling water
experiences a temperature rise of
6°F
and the thermal efficiency is 2.5 percent, determine the
amount of power generated. Take the density of seawater to be 64 lbm/ft3.
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