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9 April, 00:46

An electrical power plant manages to transfer 88 percent of the heat produced in the burning of fossil fuel to convert water to steam. Of the heat carried by the steam, 40 percent is converted to the mechanical energy of the spinning turbine. Which best describes the overall efficiency of the heat-to-work conversion in the plant

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  1. 9 April, 03:23
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    An electrical power plant manages to send 88% of the heat produced in the burning of fossil

    fuel into the water-to-steam conversion. Of the heat carried by the steam, 40% is converted to

    the mechanical energy of the spinning turbine. Which of the following choices best describes

    the overall efficiency of the heat-to-work conversion in the plant (as a percentage) ?

    a. greater than 88%

    b. 64%

    c. less than 40%

    d. 40%

    Answer:

    Option C is correct

    Explanation:

    This is the final heat transfer into mechanical energy / total energy production by fossil fuel

    Let x = total heat produced by fossil fuel

    -88% of x was used to convert water to steam so therefore

    .88 * x = 0.88x

    - 40% of heat in steam was converted to final mechanical work so therefore

    0.4 * 0.88x = 0.352x

    So therefore:

    Overall efficiency = (0.352x / x) * 100 = 35.2%

    So therefore option C is correct
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