Steam enters a turbine at 400K and exhausts at 360K. Calculate the maximum efficiency. =%

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1 answer:

kozerog [31]3 years ago

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The maximum efficiency is 10%

Explanation:

The maximum efficiency of a machine is given by:

$\eta=1-\frac{T_C}{T_H}$

where

$T_H$ is the temperature of the hot reservoir

$T_C$ is the temperature of the cold reservoir

For the machine in this problem, we have:

$T_H=400K$ is the temperature of the hot reservoir

$T_C=360K$ is the temperature of the cold reservoir

substituting, we find the max efficiency:

$\eta=1-\frac{360}{400}=0.1$

So, the efficiency is 0.10 (10%).

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