A Carnot heat engine operating between a high T H and low T L energy reservoirs has

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A Carnot heat engine operating between a high TH and low TL energy reservoirs has an efficiency given by the temperatures. Compare this to two combined heat engines, one operating between TH and an intermediate temperature TM giving out work WA and the other operating between TM and TL giving out work WB. The combination must have the same efficiency as the single heat engine, so the heat transfer ratio QH/QL =ψ(TH, TL)=[QH/QM] [QM/QL]. The last two heat transfer ratios can be expressed by the same function ψ() also involving the temperature TM. Use this to show a condition that the function ψ() must satisfy.

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Fundamentals Of Thermodynamics

ISBN: 9781118131992

8th Edition

Authors: Claus Borgnakke, Richard E. Sonntag

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