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Even carnot heat engine cannot give 100 % efficiency. Explain why
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can you design a heat engine of 100 % efficiency? Explain ypur answer.
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A heat engine with 100 % efficiency is only a theoretical possibility. Explain.

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The correct Answer is:The efficiency of a heat engine,
η = 1 - T 2 T 1
The efficiency will be 100 % or 1 , if T 2 = 0 K
Since temperature equal to 0 K cannot be reached, a heat engine cannot have 100 % efficiency.

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Updated on:21/07/2023

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    Even Carnot engine cannot give 100% efficiency because we cannot

    Aprevent radiation
    Bfind ideal sources
    Creach absolute zero temperature
    Deliminate friction.
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    An ideal heat engine can be 100% efficient if its sink is at

    A0K
    B273K
    C0C
    D0F
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    Efficiency of a Carnot heat engine may be given as

    AwQ2
    B1Q2Q1
    C1T1T2
    DNone of these
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    Efficiency of Carnot engine is 100% if

    Asing is at0C
    Bsink is at 0K
    Csource is at 273C
    Dsource is at 100C
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    In practise, all heat engines have efficiency less than that of a carnot engine because

    ACarnot engine is irreversible
    BA reversible process can never be attained in a real world
    CIrreversible engine has higher efficiency than reversible engine
    DEfficiency of carnot engine is always one
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    A fritionless heat engine can be 100% efficient only if its exhaust temperature is

    AEqual to its input temperature
    BLess than its input temperature
    C0 K
    D0C

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