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The following is a rough calculation with some assumptions, as indicated.
A 500 MW power plant gives the electrical power output of the plant. Therefore the actual power from coal combustion needs to be determined taking into account the efficiency of the plant. A general efficiency rating for a coal fired plant is about 35%.
Therefore the resulting required power to produce 500 MW of electricity is 1429 MW (500/0.35).
1 watt of power is equivalent to 1 Joule per second.
Therefore the plant would need to produce:
1429 x 106 (to convert MW into Watts) Joules per second.
Next the energy per mass from coal needs to be considered. There are many types of coal with differect carbon contents, and other factors e.g. moisture content that will effect the caloirifc value. However, for general purpose coal a value of 37 MJ/kg is used in the example.
From the above it is possible to determine mass of coal burnt per second.
1429000000 J/s divided by 37000000 J/kg gives a mass of 38.6 kg/s of coal that needs to be burnt.
Multiplying this figure 86400 (the number of seconds in a 24 hour period), and you get 3,337,000 kg of coal burnt per day, or 3,337 tons per day.
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