Problem of thermal machine

1100 K
A thermal machine receives heat from a
source
400 kJ/s
to 1,100 K at a rate of 400 kJ/s, and rejects
heat 120 kW
to an environment at 320 K. The measured
production of
Thermal machine power is 120 kW, and the
320 K
the ambient temperature is 25 C. Determine
a) the
=1
reversible
power 320
=1
1100
The reversible power is = 0.7091
the power produced by a
reversible heat engine
operating between the
specified temperature =
limits.

= (0.7091) (400 )


= 283.6

 =

b) the rate of
irreversibility = 283.6 120

= 163.6
c) efficiency
=
according to the
second law of
this thermal 120
=
machine. 283.6

= 0.423

The second law

efficiency is determined = 42.3%
from its definition:
 clear
Clc
%"Input Data"
T_H= 1100 ; Q_dot_H= 400; T_L=320;
W_dot_out = 120;
MATLAB CODE disp('The reversible work is the maximum work done by the
Carnot Engine between T_H and T_L:')
Eta_Carnot=1 - T_L/T_H
W_dot_rev=Q_dot_H*Eta_Carnot
disp('The irreversibility is given as:')
I_dot = W_dot_rev-W_dot_out
Eta_th = Eta_Carnot/100;
disp('The second law efficiency is, in percent:')
Eta_II = W_dot_out/(W_dot_rev*100)
Results