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A Carnot engine takes of heat from a reservoir at and exhausts it to a sink at
PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics
Problem
A Carnot engine takes
1000
kcal
1000\,\text{kcal}
1000
kcal
of heat from a reservoir at
827
∘
C
827\,^{\circ}\text{C}
827
∘
C
and exhausts it to a sink at
27
∘
C
27\,^{\circ}\text{C}
27
∘
C
. How much work does it perform? What is the efficiency of the engine?
Related theory
Heat Engines
Thermodynamics
Second law and Carnot cycle
Carnot engine
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