A very large mass M of hot porous rock equal to 10 12 kg is to be

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A very large mass M of hot porous rock equal to 1012 kg is to be utilized to generate electricity by injecting water and using the resulting hot steam to drive a turbine. As a result of heat extraction, the temperature of the rock drops according to Q̇ = −MCP dT /dt, where CP is the specific heat of the rock which is assumed to be independent of temperature. If the plant produces 1.36 × 109 kW hr of energy per year, and only 25 percent of the heat extracted from the rock can be converted to work, how long will it take for the temperature of the rock to drop from 600C to 110°C? Assume that for the rock CP = 1 J/(g K).

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