A district heating loop delivers of heat at a fixed temperature of to surroundings at

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Energy from Physics, Ch The solar resource resolved: geometry, spectrum and the limits of concentration

Problem

A district heating loop delivers

2\,\mathrm{MJ}

of heat at a fixed temperature of

450\,\mathrm{K}

to surroundings at

T_0 = 290\,\mathrm{K}

. Calculate the exergy of this heat, the maximum work it could yield.