Chapter 8, Problem 8.28CU

Geothermal power plants use underground sources of hot water or steam to produce electricity. If a plant receives hot water at 350 F and rejects energy by heat transfer to the atmosphere at 60 F, what is the maximum possible efficiency for the power cycle? 64% 100% 83% 17% O 36%

A) With a neat sketch discuss the working of a Grid-connected system for power generation and explain the functions of important components of this system?

Assess the mechanisms of energy transfer involved in generating the electrical power supply in Nuclear power plant.

Is creating energy and electricity through nuclear power plants, a sustainable energy source, in order to augment reliance on fossil fuels an ethical idea when compared to other technologies, such as solar, wind, and natural gas? If so, on what basis? If not, why, and is there anything that could bolster its ethical production?

Explore and illustrate the impact of the following power generation technologies on the environment , and their contributions on the energy market. (a) Coal, (b) Oli, (c) Gas, (d) Nuclear, (e) Wind,

A diesel power station has a fuel consumption of 0.37 lb/kWh, the calorific value of fuel being 20,000 BTU/lb. Determine the engine efficiency if the generator efficiency is 95% neglect brake power on the engine.

As a patent attorney you are asked to verify if a certain patent application should be approved, which means whatever is being patented must be possible/practical to build and work. The patent presents a new power plant designed to use a fuel capable of achieving a maximum temperature of 550 degrees F. The fluid flowing in the power plant system is to be cooled by a lake with temperature equal to 85 degrees F. The patent application indicates the power plant to be capable of achieving 0.78 thermal efficiency. Should this patent application be approved based on the information available? Why?

Determine and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of diesel and gasoline engine in comparison with other existing source of farm power.

Define the second-law efficiency.