Two Carnot engines working in series
This type of question, asked 3 times: 2021 Paper 17, 27 Jul 2022, 28 Jan 2025. All 3 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
2021 Paper 17
10Two Carnot engines A and operate in series such that engine absorbs heat at and rejects heat to a sink at temperature T. Engine B absorbs half of the heat rejected by Engine A and rejects heat to the sink at . When workdone in both the cases is equal, the value of is:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
27 Jul 2022
98In case, Carnot engine operates between temperatures and . In case, as shown in the figure, a combination of two engines is used. The efficiency of this combination (in case) will be:Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
28 Jan 2025
7A Carnot engine (E) is working between two temperatures 473 K and 273 K . In a new system two engines - engine works between 473 K to 373 K and engine works between 373 K to 273 K . If , and are the efficiencies of the engines and , respectively, thenTap an option to check your answer.