Question: Problem 5 . 3 3 . An inventor proposes to make a heat engine using water / ice as the working substance, taking advantage of

Problem 5.33. An inventor proposes to make a heat engine using water/ice as the working substance, taking advantage of the fact that water expands as it freezes. A weight to be lifted is placed on top of a piston over a cylinder of water at \(1^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\). The system is then placed in thermal contact with a low-temperature reservoir at \(-1^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\) until the water freezes into ice, lifting the weight. The weight is then removed and the ice is melted by putting it in contact with a high-temperature reservoir at \(1^{\circ}\mathrm{C}\). The inventor is pleased with this device because it can seemingly perform an unlimited amount of work while absorbing only a finite amount of heat. Explain the flaw in the inventor's reasoning, and use the Clausius-Clapeyron relation to prove that the maximum efficiency of this engine is still given by the Carnot formula, \(1-T_{c}/ T_{h}\).
Problem 5 . 3 3 . An inventor proposes to make a

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