A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1500 K at a rate of 700 kJ/s

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A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1500 K at a rate of 700 kJ/s and it rejects the waste heat to a medium at 320 K. The measured power output of the heat engine is 320 kW, and the environment temperature is 25°C. Determine
(a) The reversible power,
(b) The rate of irreversibility, and
(c) The second-law efficiency of this heat engine.
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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 978-0073398174

8th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

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