A power plant extracts energy from steam at 280°C and delivers 880 MW of electric power. It discharges waste heat to a river at 30°C. The plant’s overall efficiency is 29%. (a) How does this efficiency compare with the maximum possible at these temperatures? (b) Find the rate of waste-heat discharge to the river, (c) How many houses, each requiring 23 kW of heating power, could be heated with the waste heat from this plant?
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