A piston is filled with gas. When the pressure is increasing, what is happening to the volume? Assume that all other properties
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(a) Zero
The maximum efficiency (Carnot efficiency) of a heat engine is given by
where
is the low-temperature reservoir
is the high-temperature reservoir
For the heat engine in the problem, we have:
Therefore, the maximum efficiency is
(b) Zero
The efficiency of a heat engine can also be rewritten as
where
W is the work performed by the engine
is the heat absorbed from the high-temperature reservoir
In this problem, we know
Therefore, since the term cannot be equal to infinity, the numerator of the fraction must be zero as well, which means
W = 0
So the engine cannot perform any work.