A hydroelectric plant with a power-generation capacity of 12 MW costs $20 million to install. The fixed charge rate is 7.0 percent, the annual operation and maintenance cost is assumed to be 1.0 percent of the initial cost and the levelized replacement cost is averaged over an expected 40-year lifetime. If the capacity factor for this plant is 0.38, what is the cost of energy?

Describe one experiment in which the glass transition temperature and melting temperature of a totally amorphous thermoplastic material can be determined. show the relevant experimental results in a diagram which should be properly annotated with the two temperatures clearly marked. what is likely to happen to the curve in the diagram if the amorphous polymer is replaced by a thermosetting type?