A nuclear power plant has an electrical power output of 1300 MW and operates with an efficiency of 33%. If excess energy is carried away from the plant by a river with a flow rate of 1.0 ✕ 106 kg/s, what is the rise in temperature of the flowing water?

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Q: An electrical power supply of 275W is required to run a refrigerator and to keep the temperature of…

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Q: Air is used in a Carnot engine where the volumes at the beginning of the constant temperature heat…

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Q: In an Isobaric process ( P =  2.0x105 Pa), increasing the temperature of 10.0 g of  liquid water by…

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Q: As an adiabatic expansion of air occurs through a nozzle from 828 kPa and 71°C to 183 kPa. The…

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Q: A gasoline engine has a power output of 30 kW (40 hp) and an efficiency of 22% .Decide best due to…

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Q: The coefficient of performance for a freezer is 7.8. How much heat must be extracted by the freezer…

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Q: What volume of water at 0°C can a freezer make into ice cubes in 1.0 h, if the coefficient of…

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Q: What condition is necessary for a process to be adiabatic?

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Q: Carbon dioxide enters an adiabatic compressor at 100 kPa and 300 K at a rate of 1.8 kg/s and exits…

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Q: The temperature of the cold reservoir of a refrigerator is -12 °C while in its hot reservoir is 33…

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Q: A nuclear power plant has an electrical power output of 1125 MW and operates with an efficiency of…

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Q: A steam engine operates between a high and low temperature of 550°C and 180°C. If the steam engine…

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Q: A refrigerator operates between temperatures of 315 and 279 K. What would be its maximum coefficient…

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Q: A closed gaseous system undergoes a reversible process during which 25 Btu are rejected, the volume…

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Q: What volume of water at 0°C can a freezer make into ice cubes in 1.0 h, if the coefficient of…

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Q: Does a gas do any work when it expands adiabatically? If so, what is the source of the energy needed…

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Q: A chemical reaction transfers 1250 J of thermal energy into an ideal gas while the system expands by…

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Q: An ideal gas with a molecular mass of 31 is contained in an inflexible tank. It is heated from…

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Q: An automobile engine consumes fuel at a rate of 22 L/h and delivers 55 kW of power to the wheels. If…

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Q: Consider an isothermal process. If the heat flows 10.0 J from the system, find the change of…

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Q: An ideal gas initially at 300 K undergoes an isobaric expansion at 2.50kPa. If the volume increases…

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Q: An engine runs with an intake temperature of TH Tc = 300K. The engine's manufacturer claims the…

A: The second law of thermodynamics indicates that a Carnot engine operating between two given…

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A: The given data are: TH=633 KTL=473 K Here, TH denotes the higher temperature and TL denotes the…

Q: When a thermodynamic system does work on the environment and no Q is added to the system, its…

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