Thermal and cooling engines (efficiency) by Mark Lloyd Odinada

1. A heat engine absorbs 16000J of heat energy from the hot reserviorand discards 8000J into the
environment.

a. How much work is performed by heat engine?

b. Calculate the thermal efficiency of this engine.

2. The heat engine discards 3600J of heat energy into the environment and 4000J of heat energy was
converted into mechanical energy

a. How much heat energy does the heat engine absorbs from the hot reservoir?

b. Calculate the thermal efficiency of this engine.

3. 8000J of heat energy was absorb in the hot reservoir to produce 3600J of mechanical energy

a. How much heat energy does the heat engine releases in the environment?

b. Calculate the thermal efficiency of this engine.

4. A refrigerator takes 4000J of heat energy from the cold reservoir at 280K and pumps it into the hot
reservoir at 300K then 4445J was transferred to the hot reservoir.

a. How much work is needed to accomplish this?

b. Calculate the thermal efficiency of the refrigerator

5. A cooling system transfer 9500J of heat energy to hot reservoir at 475K after taking 8300J of heat
energy from cold reservoir at 300K

a. How much work is needed to accomplish this?

b. Calculate the efficiency of refrigerator