A power cycle operating at steady state receives energy by heat transfer at a rate QH at TH 1200 K and rejects energy by heat transfer to a cold reservoir at a rate Qc at Tc = 300 K. For each of the following, determine whether the cycle operates reversibly, operates irreversibly, or is impossible. %3D 1 2H =400 kW, Weycle = 250 kW, Qc = 200 kW a. %3D %3D b. Weycle 250 kW, Qc = 150 kW %3D | QH = 400 kW, Qc 100 kW C. %3D

A power cycle operating at steady state receives energy by heat transfer at a rate QH at TH 1200 K and rejects energy by heat transfer to a cold reservoir at a rate Qc at Tc = 300 K. For each of the following, determine whether the cycle operates reversibly, operates irreversibly, or is impossible. %3D 1 2H =400 kW, Weycle = 250 kW, Qc = 200 kW a. %3D %3D b. Weycle 250 kW, Qc = 150 kW %3D | QH = 400 kW, Qc 100 kW C. %3D

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