Consider two coal-fired power plants that generate 5 x 1012 J of electricity daily. Plant A hasan overall net efficiency of 38%. Plant B, a proposed replacement, would operate at highertemperatures with an overall net efficiency of 46%. The grade of coal used releases 30 kJ of heatper gram. Assume that coal is pure carbon. a. If 1000 kg of coal costs $30, what is the difference indaily fuel costs for the two plants? b. How many fewer grams of CO2 are emitted daily by Plant B,assuming complete combustion?

a)Since Plant A has net efficiency of 38%,so the energy released by plant A daily=5×1012 J ×38/100=…

Answered: Consider two coal-fired power plants…

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