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NON-CONVENTIONAL POWER PLANTS

1. A tidal powerplant has a height difference of 5 meters between high tide and
low tide. If the plant can capture 1 million cubic meters of water, calculate the
energy that could generated. Ans: 5.052 x 107 kJ

2. If the efficiency of a tidal power plant is 40% and it receives a total potential
energy input of 10,000 MJ from tides, what is the usable energy output? Ans:
4000 MJ

3. A tidal power plant operates with a peak tidal flow of 12 m/s. How much energy
could be harnessed from it per cubic meter of water? Ans: 73.8 kJ

4. Design a tidal power plant that can generate 10 MW of power. If the average
tidal range is 6 meters in average cycle, how much water is needed for the
system to function effectively, assuming an efficiency of 30%? Ans: 24 x 106
m3

5. A tidal power plant operates on a cycle of 12 hours. If it generates energy for


10 hours during peak tides, what would be the annual cycle of the plant? Ans:
730 annual cycle

6. A tidal power plant operates with variable tidal speeds throughout the cycle: 0
m/s for 2 hours, 2 m/s for 4 hours, and 5 m/s for 6 hours. Calculate the average
power output over the 12-hour cycle assuming 1 m³ of water is processed. Ans:
344 W

7. A wind turbine has a rotor diameter of 80 meters. If the wind speed is 10 m/s at
15degC, what is the power output of the turbine? Ans: 3 MW

8. A wind farm consists of 10 turbines, each with a capacity of 2 MW. If the turbines
operate at a capacity factor if 40% for a year, how much energy do they
produce? Ans: 70,080 MWh

9. A wind turbine generates 1.5 MW at a speed of 12 m/s. If the wind speed


increases to 15 m/s, what is the new power output at the same efficiency? Ans:
2.93 MW

10. A wind farm experiences a wake effect from a neighboring turbine, reducing
wind speed at subsequent turbines by 20%. How does this impact their energy
output? Ans: it drops by 48%

11. A turbine experiences a maximum wind speed of 30 m/s during a storm.


Calculate the dynamic load on the turbine rotor if the rotor diameter is 120 m
and the air density is 1.225 kg/m³. Ans: 6234 kN
12. Calculate the noise level generated by a wind turbine rated at 105 dB at 1 m if
a house is located 300 m away. Ans: 55.45 dB

13. A wind turbine has a specified power curve with the following key points: Cut-in
speed: 3 m/s, rated speed: 12 m/s, and cut-out speed: 25 m/s. If the average
wind speed at the site is 9 m/s, calculate the expected annual energy production
(AEP) if the turbine has a capacity of 2 MW and operates 3000 hours per year.
Ans: 3990 MWh

14. A newly installed wind mill has aerodynamic efficiency of 10% and is used to
drive a pump 38 liters/min from a well to a tank designed 18.3 meters above
the water surface of the well. Considering that frictional losses of the system is
30% of the energy received by the wheel. What well diameter is needed if the
wind has a velocity of 30 kph? Ans: 2.5 m

15. A 20 mi/hr wind at standard temperature and pressure passes through a


horizontal wind turbine. The wind is perpendicular to the plate of the blades.
The turbine has a blade diameter of 30 ft. Air temperature and pressure is 70
degF and 1 atm. What is the maximum power that can be generate? Ans: 38
HP

16. A solar panel has an efficiency of 18%. If the solar irradiance is 1000 W/m2 and
the panel area is 1.5 m2, what is the maximum power output of the panel? Ans:
270W

17. A solar collector has an area of 5 m² and a heat transfer coefficient of 100 W/m²-
K. If the average temperature difference between the collector and ambient air
is 15oC, calculate the heat gain from the collector. Ans: 144 kW

18. A solar power plant receives an average solar irradiance of 800 W/m² over a
day. If the area of the solar panels is 2000 m², calculate the total energy
received by the solar panels in a day. Ans: 138.24 GJ

19. The sun generates an average 2 kW/m2 when tapped as source of energy
where in a flat plate collector with an area of 1.5 m2 is used. Calculate the
temperature rise of the working fluid in degC if the flow rate of water inside the
collector is 40 liters per hour. Ans: 65.14 degC

20. A bank of solar cells supplies power to a 95% efficient electric water heater. The
area of the solar cell bank is 500 ft2. The solar cell bank has a maximum
theoretical efficiency of 31% and receives an incident solar flux of 150 W/m2.
The heater boils water to make saturated steam at 30 psig to supply a turbine.
Feedwater enters the boiler as saturated liquid at 140 degF. Calculate the total
power in the bank. Ans. 7370 Btu/hr

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