8-18 A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1500 K at a rate of 700 kJ/s, and it rejects the waste heat to a medium at 320 K. The measured power output of the heat engine is 320 kW, and the environment temperature is 25°C. Determine
a) the reversible power,
b) the rate of irreversibility, and
c) the second-law efficiency of this heat engine. Answers:
a) 550.7 kW,
b) 230.7 kW,
c) 58.1 percent
 
 
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