Question #136577

What is efficiency of carnot engine?

Expert's answer

Answer:Analyzing the operation of heat engines, the French engineer Sadi Carnot in 1824 concluded that the most efficient is the so-called ideal heat engine, which operates on a cycle consisting of two isothermal and two adiabatic processes. Carnot proved that the efficiency of such an engine is equal to:

ηmax=ThTrTh,\eta_{max}=\dfrac{T_h-T_r}{T_h},

where ThT_h - is the temperature of the heater; TrT_r - is the temperature of the refrigerator.


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