A heat engine operates between a hot reservoir with a temperature of 400 K and a cold reservoir with a temperature of 300 K. The engine accepts 500 J of energy from the hot reservoir, does 150 J of work, and exhausts 350 J of energy into the cold reservoir. 1) Does this engine violate any laws of thermodynamics?

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Answer:

Explanation:

Given

Temperature of Hot reservoir [tex]T_1=400 K[/tex]

Temperature of Cold reservoir [tex]T_2=300 K[/tex]

Heat reservoir [tex]Q=500 J[/tex]

Work done [tex]W=150 J[/tex]

heat Exhaust [tex]Q_{rejection }=350 J[/tex]

[tex]Q=W+Q_{rejected}[/tex]

[tex]500=150+350[/tex]

L.H.S=R.H.S

thus it follows first law

[tex]\eta _{carnot}=1-\frac{T_L}{T_H}[/tex]

[tex]\eta _{carnot}=1-\frac{300}{400}[/tex]

[tex]\eta _{carnot}=0.25[/tex]

Cycle Efficiency

[tex]\eta =\frac{W}{Q}=\frac{150}{500}=0.3[/tex]

Carnot efficiency is less than cycle thus it violates second law