SEMAYAT FANTA, PHD SCHOLAR AT IIT KANPUR, INDIA,

LECTURER AT DEFENCE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DEBREZEIT, ETHIOPIA

THERMODYANMIC PROBLEMS
(Heat Engine )
A heat engine using lake at 12 degree centigrade as a source and the
surrounding atmosphere at 2 degree centigrade as sink executes 1080
cycle per minute. If an amount of heat supplied per cycle is 57 Joule.
Calculate the following:
1. Time taken / the time period, T?
2. Work output of the Engine, W?
3. The power output of the engine , P?
NOBEMBER 2020
 Time taken / the time period, T
1 𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 1
Given ( 1 ) .𝑇 =
( ) 𝐹 =1080 =1080 ( ) ( )
𝐹 min 𝑢𝑡𝑒 min 𝑢𝑡𝑒
T2=273+2=275 Degree kelvin 1

T1=273+12 = 285 Degree kelvin

⇒𝑇 =
( 1080 ( 1
min 𝑢𝑡𝑒 ) )
1
sink executes 1080 cycle per
minute
⇒𝑇=
( 1080 ( 1
)
min 𝑢𝑡𝑒 ) , 1𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒 =600 𝑠𝑒𝑐

60 sec
⇒ 𝑇 =(
1080 )
heat supplied per cycle is 57 Joule. =0.055 sec

Work output of the Engine, W

  Work   output 𝑊 The power output of the engine , P
(2). We   know   that :  𝜂= ( )( )
heat   supplied
=
𝑄
 
  𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌  𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑾
𝑊h𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝜂 𝑡h𝑒𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡h𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒 ( 𝟑 ) . 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓= ( 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆   𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏
=
𝑻 )( )
𝑇2 275
𝐴 gain    𝜂=1−
( ) ( )
𝑇1
=1 −
285
=0.03508 ⇒ 𝑷=
𝟐𝑱
(
𝟎 .𝟎𝟓𝟓 𝐬𝐞𝐜
; J / Sec=𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒕 )
⇒ 𝑊 =𝜂 ∗𝑄 ⇒ 𝑷=𝟑𝟔 . 𝟑𝟔  ( J / Sec )=36.36  𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒕
⇒ 𝑊 =0.03508 ∗ 57=2 𝐽