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An 800 MW electric power plant has an efficiency of 30%. It loses its waste heat in large cooling towers. Approximately how much waste heat is discharged per second?"
An 800 MW electric power plant
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Thankful_LV said:
Always nice to see this.
But if it's 30% efficient, what does that mean?
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Thankful_LV, don't be a zhirgo galvas, my dear Livonian friend!
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tiny-tim said:Isn't that the name of a beautiful nebula?
Indeed it is! That's exactly what I had in mind.