Gondola Car

how much thermal energy is produced, and how much electrical power is generated?(full question below)?

A loaded gondola train car contains about 100 tons of coal. A train of 110 cars is
necessary to run a coal-fired electric power plant for one day. Given that the energy
content of coal is about 13,000 Btu per pound, how much thermal energy in Joules is
produced in burning the coal in the 110-car train? (Hint: Use powers of 10 and estimate
your answer before using your calculator.) If the thermal efficiency of the plant is 33%,
how much electrical power in megawatts is generated at the plant? (Note: Power is
expressed Watts, which are Joules per second). [By contrast, a pressurized-water nuclear
power plant of similar power output requires refueling less than once a year with
replacement of about one-third of the fuel rods whose total weight is about100 tons.]

(100 T/car)(110 cars/day)(2,000 lb/T)(13,000 Btu/lb)(1 KWH/3,413 Btu)(3,600 s/hr)(1 J/Ws) ≈ 301,670,000,000 kJ/da or 3.0167*10^14 J/da

(3.0167*10^14 J/da)(33/100)(1 da/24 h)(1 h/3,600 s)(1 Ws/J)(1 MW/10^6 W) ≈ 1,150 MW

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