1st Home Work Technology & Production of Energy

Engineering Management
Due : Until 08.00 AM July 12th, 2017
Venue : Room 921 B

1. A standard flashlight battery can deliver about 2 W-hour of energy before it runs down.
a. If a battery costs US$0.80, what is the cost of operating a 100 W lamp for 8.0 h using
batteries?
b. What is the cost to operate the lamp if energy is provided at the rate of US$0.06 per
kWh?

2. The turbines in a hydroelectric power plant are fed by water falling from a 50-m height.
Assuming 91% efficiency for conversion of potential to electrical energy, and 8% loss of the
resulting power in transmission, what is the mass flow rate of water required to power a 200
watt light bulb?

3. A power cycle receives energy by heat transfer from the combustion of fuel and develops
power at a net rate of 150 MW. The thermal efficiency of the cycle is 40%.
a. Determine the net rate at which the cycle receives energy by heat transfer, in MW.
b. For 8000 hours of operation annually, determine the net work output, in kWh per year.
c. Evaluating the net work output at $0.08 per kWh, determine the value of net work, in $
per year.

4. Energy costs vary greatly with energy source : coal @ $25/ton, gasoline @ a pump price of
$2/gal, and electricity @ $0.1/kWh. Conventional practice is to put these on a common basis
by expressing them in $/GJ. For this purpose, assume gross heating value of 29 MJ/kg for
coal and 37 GJ/m3 for gasoline.
a. Rank order the three energy sources with respect to energy cost in $/GJ
b. Explain the large disparity in the numerical results of Part (a). Discuss the advantages an
disadvantages of the three energy sources.
Note :
1 gallon = 0.003785412 m3

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5. I have a personal desktop computer (PC) in my office that has a power usage of 150 Watts.
To support my job, my computer needs to be turned on for 8 hours per day and 5 days a
week.
a. With the electricity cost of Rp 1,000.- / kWh, how much does it cost (in Rp) to operate my
PC for a year? To simplify your calculation, assume that a year consists of 50 weeks.
b. In the whole campus, we have 99 other PCs that are similar to mine. The campus
electricity is supplied from a coal-fired power plant which has thermal-to-electricity
efficiency of 30%. How much coal (in ton) is needed to supply the energy to operate all
the PCs in the whole campus for a year?
Note: Assume that the energy released as heat when coal undergoes a complete combustion
is 30 MJ/kg.

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