Amount of energy produced from a given amount of coal?


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James R asked:


How would I calculate the amount of energy produced in a modern coal power plant from 1 kilogram of coal?
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1 Comments

  1. oeman50, October 27, 2008:

    The coal is just picking some round numbers they can vary considerably heat rate of the power plant 9000 btukwh kilowatt hour 12500 btulb 22 lbskg 27500btukg 27500 btu9000btukwh 306kwh.
    The energy efficiency is just picking some round numbers they can vary considerably heat rate of modern plant 9000 btukwh kilowatt hour 12500 btulb 22 lbskg 27500btukg 27500 btu9000btukwh 306kwh.

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