Using the data from lectures/books/and the internet. Quote your source. (a) How much energy in Joules is available from

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Using the data from lectures/books/and the internet. Quote your source. (a) How much energy in Joules is available from

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Using the data from lectures/books/and the internet. Quote your
source.
(a) How much energy in Joules is available from 1 barrel of
oil?
(b) What is the economic cost of keeping a 1 kW electrical heater
turned on for 2 hours a day over one year?
(c) A steam power plant operates in a cycle with the boiler at T1 =
340◦C and the condenser at T2 = 25 C. Calculate the maximum
efficiency allowed by the Second Law of Thermodynamics.
(d) Express the world power consumption as a fraction of the solar
power incident on the surface of the earth.
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