Question: 3 . 8 A 1 , 0 0 0 MW coal - fired power plant operates at 4 0 % efficiency. It consumes 1 0

3.8 A 1,000 MW coal-fired power plant operates at 40% efficiency. It consumes 10,000 tons of coal/day. The plant uses coal that is 4% sulfur and 10% ash. The ash leaves the furnace as bottom ash or fly ash. Virtually all the sulfur is converted to sulfur dioxide, and the plant is equipped with a 90% efficient SO2 scrubber. Assume that one-third of the ash in the coal forms bottom ash, and the remainder forms fly ash. Pollution control devices capture 98% of the fly ash. Calculate the rates (each in tons/day) of:
a. sulfur dioxide emissions
b. bottom ash removed from the furnace
c. fly ash collected
d. emissions of fly ash to the atmosphere
3 . 8 A 1 , 0 0 0 MW coal - fired power plant

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