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A steam power plant receives heat from a furnace at a rate of 280 GJ/h. Heat losses to the surrounding air from the steam as it passes

A steam power plant receives heat from a furnace at a rate of 280 GJ/h. However, there are heat losses to the surrounding air as steam moves through the pipes and other components, estimated to be about 8 GJ/h. Additionally, the waste heat is transferred to the cooling water at a rate of 145 GJ/h. Based on this information, please determine the following: (a) the net power output and (b) the thermal efficiency of this power plant.

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a) , b) Explanation:a) The net power output is: b) The thermal efficiency of the power plant is:
YesExplanation:Yes steam power plant is heat engine.As we know that a heat engine takes from source heat and produce some amount of work and reject the heat to the sink.So the steam power plant fulfill the all requirement like it take heat from boiler and produce some amount work and then reject the heat by using condenser.So we can say that steam power plant is an example of heat engine.

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