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The temperature of the sink of a Carnot engine is 250 K. In order to increase the efficiency of the Carnot engine from 25% to 50%, the temperature of the sink should be increased by
PhysicsThermodynamicsAP EAMCETAP EAMCET 2022 (04 Jul Shift 2)
Options:
  • A 13×103 K
  • B 12×103 K
  • C 200 K
  • D 16×103 K
Solution:
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The correct answer is: 16×103 K

Efficiency of the carnot engine is given by,

η=1-TsinkTsource.

Case 1:

25100=1-250Tsource250Tsource=1-14Tsource=10003 K

Case 2:

50100=1-250Tsource250Tsource=1-12Tsource=500 K

The temperature of the sink should be increased by, 

=500 K-10003 K=10006 K

 

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