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Find the amount of coal (in kg) required for generating for each year.
Answer to Problem 17P
The amount of coal (in kg) required for generating electricity for each year are calculated and tabulated in Table 1.
Explanation of Solution
Given data:
Refer to problem 13-17 accompanying table in the textbook, the average efficiency of the power plants is 35%.
The heating value of the coal is
Formula used:
Formula to calculate the power plant efficiency is,
Rearrange the equation,
Convert kWh to MJ,
Formula to calculate the amount of coal required for generating one year is,
Calculation:
Find the energy input from the fuel in each year:
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Now convert all the values from kWh to MJ:
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Now find the amount of coal required in every year:
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Therefore, the energy input for all years for Coal, in kWh and MJ along with coal required to produce 35% of efficiency is shown in Table 1 (with approximately rounded values).
Table 1
Energy Produced (10^9 kWh) | Energy(considering efficiency) 109 kWh | Energy (considering efficiency) 109 MJ | Amount of coal needed in kg |
1161.562 | 3318.748571 | 11947.49486 | 1.59E+12 |
1594.011 | 4554.317143 | 16395.54171 | 2.19E+12 |
1966.265 | 5617.9 | 20224.44 | 2.70E+12 |
2040.913 | 5831.18 | 20992.248 | 2.80E+12 |
2217.555 | 6335.871429 | 22809.13714 | 3.04E+12 |
2504.786 | 7156.531429 | 25763.51314 | 3.44E+12 |
3380.674 | 9569.068571 | 34772.64686 | 4.64E+12 |
Conclusion:
Hence, the amount of coal (in kg) required for generating electricity for each year has been calculated.
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