A power plant has an overall efficiency of 30%. The plant generates 20 MW of electricity and uses coal as fuel. Determine how much coal must be burned to sustain the generation of 20 MW of electricity.
What will be an ideal response?
You might also like to view...
Who was the first to recognize the connection of the moon's position to the tides?
a. Isaac Newton b. Aristotle c. Galileo d. Pytheas
Which type of estuary is characterized by the least variation in salinity with depth at any given point along its axis?
A. a well-mixed estuary B. a salt wedge estuary C. a partially mixed estuary D. a fjord E. None of these is correct; it is impossible to tell from the information given.
If Si is the average salt content of the incoming seawater and So is the average salt content of the exiting surface water in an estuary, the fresh water in the exiting mixed water is ________.
A. So/(Si - So) B. (Si - So)/So C. (So - Si)(Si - So) D. Si/(Si - So) E. (Si - So)/Si
An uplifted erosional remnant of a floodplain that formed when a stream was flowing at a higher level
is called a(n) ____________________. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).