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A Carnot engine has a power of 500 W. It operates between heat reservoirs at 100°C and 60.0°CCalculate (a) the rate of heat input and (b) the rate of exhaust heat output.

Short Answer

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a) The rate of heat input is,4.66×103J/s

b) The rate of exhaust heat output is 4.16×103J/s

Step by step solution

01

The given data

The power of the Carnot engine,P=500 W

The low temperature of the heat reservoir,TI=60°C=333K

The high temperature of the heat reservoir, TH=100°C=373K,

02

Understanding the concept of the Carnot engine

By using the efficiency and temperature relation, we can calculate the total efficiency, and after that, by comparing the work per unit of heat, we can get the heat input from the work done, and we can find the rate of exhaust heat output.

Formulae:

The efficiency of the Carnot cycle,

ε=TH-TLTH=WQH (1)

The work is done per cycle using the first law of thermodynamics,

W=QH-QL (2)

03

a) Calculation of rate of input heat 

By substituting the given values in equation (1), we can get the efficiency of the engine as given:

ε=373K-333K373K=40K373K=0.11

Now, using the same efficiency in the equation (1), we can get the energy transferred as heat is given as follows:

QH=1ε×W

Now, differentiating the above equation with respect to time, we can get the rate of input heat as given:

dQHdt=1ε×dWdt=1ε×P=10.11×500=4.66×103J/s

Hence, the value of the rate of input heat is4.66×103J/s

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b) Calculation of the rate of exhaust heat

Now, substituting the value of equation (2) in equation (1), we get the value of efficiency as:

ε=QH-QLQH=1-QHQH

where QLis the exhaust heat

By putting the value of efficiency in the above equation, we get the relation of input and exhaust heat as follows:

0.11=1-QLQHQLQH=1-0.11QL=0.89QH

Differentiating the above equation with respect to time, we can get the rate of exhaust heat as follows:

dQdt=0.89dQHdt=0.89×4.66×103J/s=4.16×103J/s

Hence, the value of the exhaust heat is 4.16×103J/s

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