A heat engine that receives heat from a furnace at 12008C

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A heat engine that receives heat from a furnace at  and rejects waste heat to a river at  has a thermal efficiency of 40 percent. Determine the second-law efficiency of this power plant.

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QUESTION:

A heat engine that receives heat from a furnace at  and rejects waste heat to a river at  has a thermal efficiency of 40 percent. Determine the second-law efficiency of this power plant.

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The thermal efficiency of a heat engine operating between specified temperature limits is given. Refer to the given figure below.

The second-law efficiency of an engine is to be determined.

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