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A simple Rankine cycle coal-fired power plant has given states identified in the following table. The power plant produces 2.1 billion kW-hr/year of electricity. Ignore losses in the pump and turbine. If the generator is 98% efficient and boiler is 84% efficient, and coal costs $30/tonne, determine:
a. The thermal efficiency of the cycle.
b. The total coal energy content required per year.
c. The annual coal expenditures.
d. The mass of CO2 emitted per year from the plant.
e. The mass of CO2 emitted per million kW-hr produced.
State Location h(KJ/kg)
1 boiler exit, turbine entrance 2784.3
2 turbine exit, condenser entrance 2041.6
3 condenser exit, pump entrance 340.5
4 pump exit, boiler entrance 346.6
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