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Textbook Solutions for Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach

Chapter 7 Problem 218P

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Consider two bodies of identical mass and specific heat used as thermal reservoirs (source and sink) for a heat engine. The first body is initially at an absolute temperature \(T_{1}\) while the second one is at a lower absolute temperature \(T_{2}\). Heat is transferred from the first body to the heat engine, which rejects the waste heat to the second body. The process continues until the final temperatures of the two bodies \(T_{f}\). become equal. Show that \(T_{f}=\sqrt{T_{1} T_{2}}\) when the heat engine produces the maximum possible work.

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Title Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach  8 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
ISBN 9780073398174

Consider two bodies of identical mass m and specific heat

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