A certain fossil fueled generating station operates at a power of 1,000 MWe at an

overall efficiency of 38% and an average capacity factor of 0.70. (a) How many tons

of 13,000 Btu per pound of coal does the plant consume in 1 year? (b) If an average

coal-carrying railroad car carries 100 tons of coal, how many car loads must be deliv-

ered to the plant on an average day? (c) If the coal contains 1.5% by weight sulfur

and in the combustion process this all goes up the stack as SOy, how much SOy does

the plant produce in 1 year?