Carnot Engine

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Carnot Engine: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Compression in Carnot Cycle,Work Done in Compression,Carnot's Engine etc.

Important Questions on Carnot Engine

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A Carnot engine has an efficiency of 50% when its source is at a temperature 327 °C. The temperature of the sink is:

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Work done by a Carnot engine operating between temperatures 127°C and 27°C is 2 kJ. The amount of heat transferred to the engine by the reservoir is:

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A Carnot engine working between 27° C and 127° C performs 2 kJ of work. The amount of heat rejected is equal to

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A Carnot engine operates between temperature 304 K and 380 K. Find the ratio of new efficiency when temperature of sink is lowered by 19 K to initial efficiency.

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The efficiency of a Carnot engine at a particular source and sink temperature is1 2. When the sink temperature is reduced by 100°C the engine's efficiency becomes 23. Find the source temperature.

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The efficiency of the Carnot cycle is

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A Carnot engine operates between a source and a sink. The efficiency of the engine is 40% and the temperature of the sink is 27°C. If the efficiency is to be increased to 50% then the temperature of the source must the increased by

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The temperature of the sink of a Carnot engine is 250 K. In order to increase the efficiency of the Carnot engine from 25% to 50%, the temperature of the sink should be increased by

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An ideal Carnot engine working with source temperature T1 and sink temperature T2, has efficiency η. Then the value of the ratio T1T2 is

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Consider a Carnot cycle operating between 300 K and 600 K and producing 2 kJ of mechanical work per cycle. Heat rejected to the surrounding in a cycle is

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Consider a Carnot cycle operating between 300 K and 600 K and producing 2 kJ of mechanical work per cycle. Heat rejected to the surrounding in a cycle is

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Work done during free expansion of an ideal gas in an isothermal process is zero. Explain

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The efficiency of Carnot's cycle at a particular source and sink temperature is 13. When sink temperature is increased by 100°C then engine efficiency becomes 15. The source temperature is 

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During a compression of an ideal gas, the work done by the system is _____.

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The work done by the system in expansion is negative.

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Efficiency of a carnot heat engine is 60%. If sink temperature is 27°C, then find source temperature in K.

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The efficiency of the reversible heat engine is ηr and that of irreversible heat engine is ηi. Which of the following is correct?

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If temperature of the source is increased,the efficiency of carnot engine is

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What is the source temperature of the Carnot engine in K required to get 70% efficiency ? Given sink temperature = 27 °C

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Carnot cycle works with isentropic compression ratio of 5bar and heat capacity ratio of 2. The volume of air at the beginning of the isothermal expansion is0.3m3. If the temperature and pressure is limited to 550K and 21bar, determine minimum temperature in the cycle.