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A large condenser in a steam power plant dumps 15 000 Btu/s at 115 F with an ambient at 77 F. What is the entropy generation rate?

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This process transfers heat over a finite temperature difference between the water inside the condenser and the outside ambient (cooling water from the sea, lake or river or atmospheric air)

C.V. The wall that separates the inside 115 F water from the ambient at 77 F.

Entropy Eq.  for steady state operation: 

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