A 33% efficient power plant puts out 850MW of electrical power. Cooling towers are used to take

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A 33% efficient power plant puts out 850MW of electrical power. Cooling towers are used to take away the exhaust heat.
(a) If the air temperature is allowed to rise 7.0Co, estimate what volume of air (km3) is heated per day. Will the local climate be heated significantly?
(b) If the heated air were to form a layer 200m thick, estimate how large an area it would cover for 24h of operation. Assume the air has density 1.2kg/m3 and that its specific heat is about 1.0kJ/kg Co at constant pressure.
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