Physics of Everyday Phenomena
Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 35CQ
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The characteristics of a hypothetical machine which extract heat from atmosphere and do work and release the remaining energy to atmosphere with same temperature of input and if it is a perpetual motion machine.

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Physics of Everyday Phenomena

Ch. 11 - Prob. 11CQCh. 11 - Is it possible for the efficiency of a heat engine...Ch. 11 - Can a Carnot engine operate in an irreversible...Ch. 11 - Does a gasoline-burning automobile engine operate...Ch. 11 - Which would have the greater efficiencya Carnot...Ch. 11 - If we want to increase the efficiency of a Carnot...Ch. 11 - Is a heat pump the same thing as a heat engine?...Ch. 11 - Is a heat pump essentially the same thing as a...Ch. 11 - When a heat pump is used to heat a building, where...Ch. 11 - Is it possible to cool a closed room by leaving...Ch. 11 - Prob. 21CQCh. 11 - Prob. 22CQCh. 11 - Prob. 23CQCh. 11 - Prob. 24CQCh. 11 - Which has the higher entropy, a deck of cards in...Ch. 11 - A hot cup of coffee is allowed to cool down, thus...Ch. 11 - When a substance freezes, the molecules become...Ch. 11 - Which would normally have the greater thermal...Ch. 11 - In what ways is a nuclear power plant similar to a...Ch. 11 - What is the distinction between high-grade heat...Ch. 11 - Prob. 31CQCh. 11 - Prob. 32CQCh. 11 - Is an automobile engine a perpetual-motion...Ch. 11 - Prob. 34CQCh. 11 - Prob. 35CQCh. 11 - The water draining from the bottom of the pond...Ch. 11 - Prob. 37CQCh. 11 - In one cycle, a heat engine takes in 1200 J of...Ch. 11 - A heat engine with an efficiency of 28% does 700 J...Ch. 11 - In one cycle, a heat engine takes in 800 J of heat...Ch. 11 - A heat engine with an efficiency of 35% takes in...Ch. 11 - In one cycle, a heat engine does 700 J of work and...Ch. 11 - A Carnot engine takes in heat at a temperature of...Ch. 11 - A Carnot engine takes in heat from a reservoir at...Ch. 11 - A Carnot engine operates between temperatures of...Ch. 11 - A heat pump takes in 450 J of heat from a...Ch. 11 - In each cycle of its operation, a refrigerator...Ch. 11 - A typical electric refrigerator (see fig. 11.9)...Ch. 11 - A typical nuclear power plant delivers heat from...Ch. 11 - An ocean thermal-energy power plant takes in warm...Ch. 11 - An engineer designs a heat engine using flat-plate...Ch. 11 - Suppose that a typical automobile engine operates...Ch. 11 - Prob. 2SPCh. 11 - A Carnot engine operating in reverse as a heat...Ch. 11 - In section 11.3, we showed that a violation of the...Ch. 11 - Suppose that an oil-fired power plant is designed...
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