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Mechanical engineering question thermo?

Calculate the efficiency of a Carnot heat engine operating between a high temperature reservoir at 905 C and a low temperature reservoir at 49 C. Enter your answer in percent to one decimal place.

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  • 6 months ago

    The Carnot efficiency is defined as 1 - Tcold/Thot.  So all you need to do is convert the temperatures into absolute and calculate:

    1 - (322K/1178K) = 0.727, Converting to % = 72.7%

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