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Chemical Engineering · Q337

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 337

Q337

Thermal efficiency of a Carnot engine can approach 100%, only when the temperature of the

A.
Cold reservoir approaches zero
B.
Hot reservoir approaches infinity
C.
Either A or B
Answer
D.
Neither A nor B

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Since Efficiency of a Carnot engine is
So, when the cold reservoir temperature is zero or when the hot reservoir temperature is infinity we can say that the efficiency is
But this is purely an impossible situation even under ideal conditions as given by second law of thermodynamics.