A combined cycle power plant burns natural gas and produces 600MW and has an efficiency of 48%. Find the wholesale cost of natural gas (use the internet…) and determine the cost of the fuel burned per second for the plant to produce it rated output of 600MW. If the combined cycle power plant rejects its heat to a nearby lake with 16,000-acre feet of water, how fast in degrees/day will the temperature of the lake rise if it is assumed that the lake is insulated and cannot reject heat in any other way? How do power plant lakes get rid of heat in the real world?

A combined cycle power plant burns natural gas and produces 600MW and has an efficiency of 48%. Find the wholesale cost of natural gas (use the internet…) and determine the cost of the fuel burned per second for the plant to produce it rated output of 600MW. If the combined cycle power plant rejects its heat to a nearby lake with 16,000-acre feet of water, how fast in degrees/day will the temperature of the lake rise if it is assumed that the lake is insulated and cannot reject heat in any other way? How do power plant lakes get rid of heat in the real world?