University Physics with Modern Physics (14th Edition)

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Chapter 20 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics - Problems - Exercises - Page 681: 20.60

Answer

The choice (b) is correct. Approximately equals to $+5 \times 10^5 J/K$ per second.

Work Step by Step

The power plant does work at the rate of 10MW with the efficiency, $\epsilon = 6.5 \%$ This means with this $6.5 \%$ efficiency, the plant with a certain heat input can give out the power of 10MW. Now we need to calculate the entropy per second, $\frac{\Delta S}{t} = \frac{\frac{Q_H}{T_H}}{t}$ $\frac{\Delta S}{t} = \frac{Q_H}{(t)(T_H)}$ But $\frac{W}{t} = \frac{0.065 Q_H}{t}$ So $10 \times 10^6 J/s= \frac{0.065 Q_H}{t}$ $ {\frac{Q_H}{t}} = \frac{10 \times 10^6 J/s}{0.065 } $ $ {\frac{Q_H}{t}} = 1.54 \times 10^8 J/s$ Substitute into the entropy equation $\frac{\Delta S}{t} = \frac{Q_H}{(t)(T_H)}$ $\frac{\Delta S}{t} = \frac{1.54 \times 10^8 J/s}{300K} $ $\frac{\Delta S}{t} = 5.13 \times 10^5 J/s.K$ The choice (b) is correct. Approximately equals to $+5 \times 10^5 J/K$ per second.
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