Chapter 21: Q. 13 (page 594)
What are and and the thermal efficiency for the heat engine shown in?
Short Answer
The values are
The thermal efficiency for the heat engine is
Chapter 21: Q. 13 (page 594)
What are and and the thermal efficiency for the heat engine shown in?
The values are
The thermal efficiency for the heat engine is
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A -efficient electric power plant produces of electric power and discharges waste heat into ocean water. Suppose the waste heat could be used to heat homes during the winter instead of being discharged into the ocean. A typical American house requires an average of for heating. How many homes could be heated with the waste heat of this one power plant?
FIGURE Pis the diagram of Example , but now the device is operated in reverse.
a. During which processes is heat transferred into the gas?
b. Is this, heat extracted from a hot reservoir, or , heat extracted from a cold reservoir? Explain.
c. Determine the values ofand.
Hint: The calculations have been done in Example and do not need to be repeated. Instead, you need to determine which processes now contribute to and which to .
d. Is the area inside the curve or ? What is its value?
e. The device is now being operated in a ccw cycle. Is it a refrigerator? Explain.
shows a Carnot heat engine driving a Carnot refrigerator.
a. Determine and .
b. Is greater than, less than, or equal to?
c. Do these two devices, when operated together in this way, violate the second law?
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