A 32%-efficient electric power plant produces 900 MW of electric power and discharges waste heat into 20C
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A 32%-efficient electric power plant produces 900 MW of electric power and discharges waste heat into 20°C ocean water.
Suppose the waste heat could be used to heat homes during the winter instead of being discharged into the ocean. A typical American house requires an average of 20 kW for heating. How many homes could be heated with the waste heat of this one power plant?
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Physics for Scientists and Engineers A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics
ISBN: 978-0133942651
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Authors: Randall D. Knight
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