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What are (a)Woutand QHand (b)the thermal efficiency for the heat engine shown inFIGUREEX21.13?

Short Answer

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aThe values areWout=30J,QH=145J.

bThe thermal efficiency for the heat engine isη=21%.

Step by step solution

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Step: 1  Finding the value of Wout: (part a)

(a)The area under the graph will be quantitatively equal to the work done by the gas. As a result, this work is calculated as follows.

Wout=300⋅103⋅100⋅10−6Wout=30J.

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Step: 2  Finding the value of QH:

QHis heat energy that the machine takes in . It will be equal to work done by gas and total heat evolved by the system . It can be expressed as follows.

localid="1649318298079" QH=Wnet+Qc

Total amount of heat evolved or lost Qcis sum of 90 J and 25 J . They are negative heat , so must have been given out by gas.

Qc=90+25=115J

The heat that is added to - or taken away from - the heat reservoir is

localid="1649318324387" QH=30+115=145J. Qh=30+115Qh=145J.

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Step: 3 b Finding the value of efficiency: (part b)

(b)The efficiency can be calculated as

localid="1649318348602" η=WoutQHη=30145=21%.

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