An electrical power plant is constructed to extract energy from the ocean. It utilizes warm water at 27°C and cold(er) water at 8.6°C. Assume its efficiency to be 0.70 times the Carnot efficiency. What flow of water must it take in to produce 468 MW of electrical power? Express your answer to the nearest cubic meter per second.

An electrical power plant is constructed to extract energy from the ocean. It utilizes warm water at 27°C and cold(er) water at 8.6°C. Assume its efficiency to be 0.70 times the Carnot efficiency. What flow of water must it take in to produce 468 MW of electrical power? Express your answer to the nearest cubic meter per second.

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Chapter3: The First Law Of Thermodynamics

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