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Advocard [28]
3 years ago
10

A power plant burns fuel to convert water to steam. During the process, 83% of the heat produced is transferred. Of the heat car

ried by the steam, 40% is converted to the mechanical energy of the spinning turbine. Which best describes the overall efficiency of the heat-to-work conversion in the plant
Physics
1 answer:
9966 [12]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: 33.2\%

Explanation:

Given

83% heat is transferred and out of this, only 40% is converted to the mechanical energy of spinning turbine.

The overall efficiency is the product of all the efficiency i.e.

\eta_t=0.83\times 0.4\\\eta_t=0.332\ \text{or}\ 33.2\%

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