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Find the total work the heat engine can give out as it receives energy from the rock bed as described

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Find the total work the heat engine can give out as it receives energy from the rock bed as described in Problem 7.22. Hint: write the entropy balance equation for the control volume that is the combination of the rock bed and the heat engine.

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