Friday, April 14, 2006

HW #6 - P #5 - Analysis of a Carnot Heat Engine - 6 pts

A heat engine is operating on a Carnot cycle and has a thermal efficiency of 55 percent. The waste heat from this engine is rejected to a nearby lake at 60°F at a rate of 800 Btu/min. Determine...
a.) The power output of the engine
b.) The temperature of the source.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dr. B,

Are you sure the correct answer for part a is Qc = 135 KJ/min? When I plug that answer if for COP I get .0045. Im getting 37 KJ/min

Anonymous said...

Oops wrong units..