Question:(II) A Carnot engine’s operating temperatures are 210°C and 45°C. The engine’s power output is 910 W. Calculate the rate of heat output.

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The rate of heat input is \(1766.4\;{\rm{W}}\).

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01

Given Data

The initial temperature is \({T_1} = 210^\circ {\rm{C}}\).

The final temperature is \({T_2} = 45^\circ {\rm{C}}\).

The power output is \(P = 910\;{\rm{W}}\).

02

Perfect Carnot engine efficiency

In this problem, while calculating the rate of heat input, the efficiency of Carnot engine will be utilized because the operating engine is perfect Carnot.

03

Calculation of engine’s efficiency

The relation of efficiency is given by,

\({\eta _{\rm{C}}} = 1 - \frac{{{T_2}}}{{{T_{\rm{1}}}}}\)

On plugging the values in the above relation.

\(\begin{aligned}{c}{\eta _{\rm{C}}} &= 1 - \left( {\frac{{\left( {45^\circ {\rm{C}} + 273} \right)\;{\rm{K}}}}{{\left( {210^\circ {\rm{C}} + 273} \right)\;{\rm{K}}}}} \right)\\{\eta _{\rm{C}}} &= 0.34\end{aligned}\)

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Calculation of rate of heat input

The relation of efficiency is given by,

\(\begin{aligned}{l}{\eta _{\rm{C}}} &= \frac{W}{{W + Q}}\\Q &= W\left( {\frac{1}{{{\eta _{\rm{C}}}}} - 1} \right)\\\frac{Q}{t} &= \frac{W}{t}\left( {\frac{1}{{{\eta _{\rm{C}}}}} - 1} \right)\\\frac{Q}{t} &= P\left( {\frac{1}{{{\eta _{\rm{C}}}}} - 1} \right)\end{aligned}\)

Here, \(\frac{Q}{t}\) is the rate of heat output and W is the work done.

On plugging the values in the above relation.

\(\begin{aligned}{l}\frac{Q}{t} &= \left( {910\;{\rm{W}}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{0.34}} - 1} \right)\\\frac{Q}{t} &= 1766.4\;{\rm{W}}\end{aligned}\)

Thus, \(\frac{Q}{t} = 1766.4\;{\rm{W}}\) is the required rate of heat output.

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