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    Kinetic Energy in water and the rate carried across each square meter

    [b]1. Consider an ocean current flowing at 2.5m/s a) How much kinetic energy is contained in a cubic volume of water that measures 1m on each side? The density of seawater is about 1030kg/m3 b) If the flow is perpendicular to one of the cube faces, what is the rate at which the current carries...
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    Thermodynamic Efficiency and the maximum possible electric output

    [b]1. A 2.5GWth nuclear power plant operates at a high temperature of 570°K. In the winter the average low temperature at which it dumps waste heat is 268°K; in the summer it’s 295°K. Determine the thermodynamic efficiency of the plant in each season, and then derive from it the maximum possible...
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