Carnot engine A has an efficiency of 0.62, and Carnot engine B has an efficiency of 0.77. Both engines utilize the same hot reservoir, which has a temperature of 642 K and delivers 1275 J of heat to each engine. Find (a), (b) the magnitude of the work produced by engine A and B respectively and (c), (d) the temperatures of the cold reservoirs that they use. 4.63E3 (a) |WAli (b) |WB| = i (c) TCA = i 283 (d) TCB= 1.45E2 4.50E3 K J K <

Carnot engine A has an efficiency of 0.62, and Carnot engine B has an efficiency of 0.77. Both engines utilize the same hot reservoir, which has a temperature of 642 K and delivers 1275 J of heat to each engine. Find (a), (b) the magnitude of the work produced by engine A and B respectively and (c), (d) the temperatures of the cold reservoirs that they use. 4.63E3 (a) |WAli (b) |WB| = i (c) TCA = i 283 (d) TCB= 1.45E2 4.50E3 K J K <

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Chapter18: Heat Engines, Entropy, And The Second Law Of Thermodynamics

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