BCECE Engineering BCECE Engineering Solved Paper-2008

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    A Carots engine has an efficiency of 50% at sink temperature \[50{{\,}^{o}}C.\] Calculate the temperature of source.

    A) \[133{{\,}^{o}}C\]           

    B)         \[143{{\,}^{o}}C\]

    C) \[100{{\,}^{o}}C\]           

    D)         \[373{{\,}^{o}}C\]

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Thermal efficiency of a Carnots engine is defined as the ratio of net work done per cycle by the engine to the total amount of heat absorbed per cycle by the working substance from the source. It is denoted by \[\eta .\]Thus, \[\eta =\frac{\text{Net}\,\text{work}\,\text{done/cycle}}{\text{Total}\,\text{amount}\,\text{of}\,\text{heat}\,\text{absorbed}\,\text{/cycle}}\] or            \[\eta =\frac{W}{{{Q}_{1}}}\] \[\therefore \]  \[\eta =\frac{{{Q}_{1}}-{{Q}_{2}}}{{{Q}_{1}}}\]                                 \[=1-\frac{{{Q}_{2}}}{{{Q}_{1}}}\] As           \[\frac{{{Q}_{2}}}{{{Q}_{1}}}=\frac{{{T}_{2}}}{{{T}_{1}}}\] \[\therefore \]  \[\eta =1-\frac{{{T}_{2}}}{{{T}_{1}}}\]                     ?(i) where \[{{T}_{2}}\]is temperature of sink and \[{{T}_{1}}\]is the  temperature of the source. Here, \[\eta =50%,{{T}_{2}}=50{{\,}^{o}}C=273+50=323\,K\] Putting these values in Eq. (i), we get \[\frac{50}{100}=1-\frac{323}{{{T}_{1}}}\]                 or            \[\frac{323}{{{T}_{1}}}=1-\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{2}\]                 \[\therefore \]  \[{{T}_{1}}=646K=373{{\,}^{o}}C\]


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