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This is an interactive homework problem relating to heat engines and Carnot efficiency. A nuclear power plant with a core temperature of 5000 K, and a cooling tower temperature of 373 K is able to produce 1.21 gigawatts of power. Assuming that the plant operates at maximum efficiency, the user is asked to find how much water is evaporated per second at the cooling towers.
This problem is accompanied by a Socratic-dialog "help" sequence designed to encourage critical thinking as users do a guided conceptual analysis before attempting the mathematics. It is part of a larger collection of interactive problems developed by the Illinois Physics Education Research Group.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=6443">Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006.</a>
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G. Gladding, (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), WWW Document, (https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/powerplant).
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G. Gladding, Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant (University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, Urbana, 2006), <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/powerplant>.
APA Format
Gladding, G. (2006, June 16). Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from University of llinois Physics Education Research Group: https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/powerplant
Chicago Format
Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, June 16, 2006. https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/powerplant (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Gladding, Gary. Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant. Urbana: University of llinois Physics Education Research Group, 2006. 16 June 2006. 1 May 2025 <https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/powerplant>.
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Author = "Gary Gladding",
Title = {Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant},
Publisher = {University of llinois Physics Education Research Group},
Volume = {2025},
Number = {1 May 2025},
Month = {June 16, 2006},
Year = {2006}
}
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%A Gary Gladding %T Illinois PER Interactive Examples: Nuclear Power Plant %D June 16, 2006 %I University of llinois Physics Education Research Group %C Urbana %U https://ie.per.physics.illinois.edu/per/ie/ie.pl?phys101/ie/14/powerplant %O text/html
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