As a gasoline engine is running, an amount of gasoline containing 15,000 J of chemical potential energy

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As a gasoline engine is running, an amount of gasoline containing 15,000 J of chemical potential energy is burned in 1 s. During that second, the engine does 3,000 J of work.

(a) What is the engine’s efficiency?
(b) The burning gasoline has a temperature of about 4,000oF (2,500 K). The waste heat from the engine flows into air at about 80oF (300 K). What is the Carnot efficiency of a heat engine operating between these two temperatures?

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Inquiry into Physics

ISBN: 978-1305959422

8th edition

Authors: Vern J. Ostdiek, Donald J. Bord

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