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A coal-fired power plant uses 400 â—¦C steam to turn a turbine. Afterwards, the steam is...

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A coal-fired power plant uses 400 â—¦C steam to turn a turbine.Afterwards, the steam is condensed at a temperature of 25 â—¦C. Ifthe plant burns 1 million kg of coal in one hour, running atmaximum efficiency, what is the amount of work that could be doneby the turbine in that hour? (Coal contains 27 kJ of energy perg).

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HiHope you are doing wellSOLUTIONLets consider the turbine as a Carnot engineGiven    See Answer
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