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An ocean thermal gradient electric generating system is proposed for siting in Salalah. This system would operate a heat engine driven by heat flow from warm ocean water (cooled from 27 °C to 25 °C in the heating heat exchanger of the system), and cooled by heat flow to cold ocean water (which is heated from 3 °C to 5 °C in the cooling heat exchanger of the system). The ocean water used in the different parts of the heat engine is obtained from different depths of the surrounding sea. Using this heat engine electricity can be produced at 90% of the corresponding Carnot efficiency of the heat engine and heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ/(kg.K). (i) What is the value of the Carnot efficiency of the heat engine? Explain the basis for selecting the parameter values used in calculating this value. (ii) Should the cold ocean water flow through the engine at a rate of 100 million kg/min, what is the electric power output of the engine. (iii)What is the corresponding flow rate of warm ocean water? (iv)Friction losses arising in pumping seawater through the engine account for 0.33 of the engine's irreversibility (maximum work-eiectricai power). What wouid be the resuiting vaiue of the heat engine's efficiency? (v) Discus and justify your results.

An ocean thermal gradient electric generating system is proposed for siting in Salalah. This system would operate a heat engine driven by heat flow from warm ocean water (cooled from 27 °C to 25 °C in the heating heat exchanger of the system), and cooled by heat flow to cold ocean water (which is heated from 3 °C to 5 °C in the cooling heat exchanger of the system). The ocean water used in the different parts of the heat engine is obtained from different depths of the surrounding sea. Using this heat engine electricity can be produced at 90% of the corresponding Carnot efficiency of the heat engine and heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ/(kg.K). (i) What is the value of the Carnot efficiency of the heat engine? Explain the basis for selecting the parameter values used in calculating this value. (ii) Should the cold ocean water flow through the engine at a rate of 100 million kg/min, what is the electric power output of the engine. (iii)What is the corresponding flow rate of warm ocean water? (iv)Friction losses arising in pumping seawater through the engine account for 0.33 of the engine's irreversibility (maximum work-eiectricai power). What wouid be the resuiting vaiue of the heat engine's efficiency? (v) Discus and justify your results.

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An ocean thermal gradient electric generating system is proposed for siting in Salalah. This system would operate a heat engine driven by heat flow from warm ocean water (cooled from 27 °C to 25 °C in the heating heat exchanger of the system), and cooled by heat flow to cold ocean water (which is heated from 3 °C to 5 °C in the cooling heat exchanger of the system). The ocean water used in the different parts of the heat engine is obtained from different depths of the surrounding sea. Using this heat engine electricity can be produced at 90% of the corresponding Carnot efficiency of the heat engine and heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ/(kg.K). (i) What is the value of the Carnot efficiency of the heat engine? Explain the basis for selecting the parameter values used in calculating this value. (ii) Should the cold ocean water flow through the engine at a rate of 100 million kg/min, what is the electric power output of the engine. (iii)What is the corresponding flow rate of warm ocean water? (iv)Friction losses arising in pumping seawater through the engine account for 0.33 of the engine's irreversibility (maximum work-eiectricai power). What wouid be the resuiting vaiue of the heat engine's efficiency? (v) Discus and justify your results.
Transcribed Image Text:An ocean thermal gradient electric generating system is proposed for siting in Salalah. This system would operate a heat engine driven by heat flow from warm ocean water (cooled from 27 °C to 25 °C in the heating heat exchanger of the system), and cooled by heat flow to cold ocean water (which is heated from 3 °C to 5 °C in the cooling heat exchanger of the system). The ocean water used in the different parts of the heat engine is obtained from different depths of the surrounding sea. Using this heat engine electricity can be produced at 90% of the corresponding Carnot efficiency of the heat engine and heat capacity of water is 4.2 kJ/(kg.K). (i) What is the value of the Carnot efficiency of the heat engine? Explain the basis for selecting the parameter values used in calculating this value. (ii) Should the cold ocean water flow through the engine at a rate of 100 million kg/min, what is the electric power output of the engine. (iii)What is the corresponding flow rate of warm ocean water? (iv)Friction losses arising in pumping seawater through the engine account for 0.33 of the engine's irreversibility (maximum work-eiectricai power). What wouid be the resuiting vaiue of the heat engine's efficiency? (v) Discus and justify your results.
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