A steam power plant has a thermal efficiency of 35%, and the electric generator of the plant has an efficiency of 95%. The power plant is to generate an average of 300 MW of electricity over the course of a year (8760 hours). The heat source of the plant is the combustion of a fuel. The combustor is able to convert 80% of the available energy in the fuel (as represented by the “lower heating value” of the fuel) into heat used to convert the liquid water into steam. Using the Internet as a source of data on lower heating values of possible fuels and current fuel prices, design and justify a fuel source (with an annual fuel cost) for this power plant.
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