A heat engine is operating on a Carnot cycle and has a thermal efficiency of 75 percent.

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A heat engine is operating on a Carnot cycle and has a thermal efficiency of 75 percent. The waste heat from this engine is rejected to a nearby lake at 60°F at a rate of 800 Btu/min. Determine

(a) The power output of the engine

(b) The temperature of the source.

Source TH Carnot net,out НЕ 800 Btu/min Sink 60°F

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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 9781259822674

9th Edition

Authors: Yunus Cengel, Michael Boles, Mehmet Kanoglu

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