A reversible heat engine receives 65,000 Btu/hr of heat from a reservoir at 1250 R. Plot the power produced for temperatures of the low-temperature reservoir varying between 500 R and 1000 R.

Given: TH = 1250 K; Q?H = 65,000 Btu/hr = 25.54 hp

What will be an ideal response?


As this is a Carnot (reversible) heat engine, n = nmax = 1 – TC/TH, and

W?=nmaxQ?H

For the range of low-temperature reservoir temperatures:

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