Question

Check Your Understanding 5.042 An inventor claims to have developed an engine that does not use fuel but operates as a power cycle at steady state while receiving energy by heat transfer from the surrounding atmosphere and discharging energy by heat transfer to the surrounding atmosphere. This would be an excellent project to invest in.
1.True

2.False

Answer 1

Answer:

2. False

Explanation:

From the given example, this project would be wise for investment, because He affirms that, he is not right. this is so since no machine can manufacture power by exchanging the heat from a single reservoir.

This in this case would breach the second law of thermodynamics.