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Determine the maximum work obtainable from a heat engine
written 7.8 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 64k modified 2.2 years ago by gravatar for pedsangini276 pedsangini276 • 4.7k

exchanging heat with two finite bodies of equal heat capacities at temperatures $T_1$ and $T_2 (T_1 \gt T_2)$. - Mumbai university > MECH > SEM 3 > THERMO

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Year: May 2015
thermodynamics
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written 7.8 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 64k

Let Q1 be the heat flowing from T1 and Q2 be heat entering T2.

. η = 1- T2/T1

Maximum work = Qη = Q(1- T2/T1)

= T1(s2-s1) (1- T2/T1) …. (because Q = Tds)

= Q – T1(s2-s1)
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