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The document outlines tasks related to calculating power and efficiency in water pumping systems. It includes specific calculations for a fountain in Switzerland and a coal-fired power station's energy storage scheme. Key concepts include the conversion of efficiency to ratios or percentages and the principles of gravitational potential energy.

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Efficiency

The document outlines tasks related to calculating power and efficiency in water pumping systems. It includes specific calculations for a fountain in Switzerland and a coal-fired power station's energy storage scheme. Key concepts include the conversion of efficiency to ratios or percentages and the principles of gravitational potential energy.

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NOTE

❖ Efficiency can be given in a ratio (between 0 and 1) or percentage format (between 0 and 100 %)
❖ If the question asks for efficiency as a ratio, give your answer as a fraction or decimal.
❖ If the answer is required as a percentage, remember to multiply the ratio by 100 to convert it
❖ Efficiency has no units

CLASS TASKS
1(a) On a day with no wind, a fountain in Switzerland propels 30 000 kg of water per minute to a
height of 140 m. Calculate the power used in raising the water.
(b) The efficiency of the pump which operates the fountain is 70%. Calculate the power supplied to the pump.
(c) On another day, a horizontal wind is blowing. The water does not rise vertically.
Explain why the water still rises to a height of 140 m.

2. (a) A coal-fired power station generates electricity at night when it is not needed. Some of this energy is stored by pumping water up to a
mountain lake. When there is high demand for electricity, the water is allowed to flow back through turbines to generate electricity. On one
occasion, 2.05 × 108 kg of water is pumped up through a vertical height of 500 m.
(i) Calculate the weight of the water.
(ii) Calculate the gravitational potential energy gained by the water.
(iii) The electrical energy used to pump the water up to the mountain lake is 1.2 × 1012 J. Only 6.2 × 1011 J of electrical energy is generated
when the water is released. Calculate the efficiency of this energy storage scheme.

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