Second Law of Thermodynamics · Thermodynamics · GATE ME

A furnace can supply heat steadily at 1200 K at a rate of 24000 kJ/min. The maximum amount of power (in kW) that can be produced by using the heat sup...

A heat engine extracts heat (𝑄H) from a thermal reservoir at a temperature of 1000 K and rejects heat (𝑄L) to a thermal reservoir at a temperature o...

The Clausius inequality holds good for

A heat pump absorbs $$10$$ $$kW$$ of heat from outside environment at $$250$$ $$K$$ while absorbing $$15$$ $$kW$$ of work. It delivers the heat to a r...

The heat removal rate from a refrigerated space and the power input to the compressor are $$7.2$$ $$kW$$ and $$1.8$$ $$kW$$, respectively. The coeffic...

The $$COP$$ of a Carnot heat pump operating between $${6^ \circ }C$$ and $${37^ \circ }C$$ is ____________

A Carnot engine $$(CE$$-$$1)$$ works between two temperature reservoirs $$A$$ and $$B,$$ where $${T_A} = 900K$$ and $${T_B} = 500K.$$ A second Carnot ...

A reversed Carnot cycle refrigerator maintains a temperature of $$ - {5^ \circ }C.$$ The ambient air temperature is $${35^ \circ }C.$$ The heat gained...

The following four figures have been drawn to represent a fictitious thermodynamic cycle, on the $$P$$-$$v$$ and $$T$$-$$S$$ plates According to th...

An industrial heat pump operates between the temperatures of $${27^ \circ }C$$ and $$ - {13^ \circ }C.$$ The rates of heat addition and heat rejection...

Consider a refrigerator and a heat pump working on the reversed Carnot cycle between the same temperature limits. Which of the following is correct?

In the case of a refrigeration system undergoing an irreversible cycle, $$\oint {{{SQ} \over T}} $$ is _____________$$\left( { < 0/ = 0/ > 0} \...

Any thermodynamic cycle operating between two temperature limits is reversible if the product of efficiency when operating as a heat engine and the co...

A reversible heat transfer demands:

A condenser of a refrigeration system rejects heat at a rate of $$120$$ $$kW,$$ while its compressor consumes a power of $$30$$ $$kW.$$ The coefficien...

A heat pump (H.P.) is driven by the work output of a heat engine (H.E.) as shown in the figure. The heat engine extracts 150 kJ of heat from the sourc...

In a vapour compression refrigeration cycle, the refrigerant enters the compressor in saturated vapour state at evaporator pressure, with specific ent...

A reversible cycle receives $$40$$ $$kJ$$ of heat from one heat source at a temperature of $${127^ \circ }C$$ and $$37$$ $$kJ$$ from another heat sour...

A reversible heat engine receives $$2$$ $$kJ$$ of heat from a reservoir at $$1000$$ $$K$$ and a certain amount of heat from a reservoir at $$800$$ $$K...

An irreversible heat engine extracts heat from a high temperature source at a rate of $$100kW$$ and rejects heat to a sink at a rate of $$50kW.$$ The ...

A heat transformer is a device that transfers a part of the heat, supplied to it at an intermediate temperature, to a high temperature reservoir while...

A solar collector receiving solar radiation at the rate of $$0.6$$$$kW/{m^2}$$ transforms it to the internal energy of a fluid at an overall efficienc...

A heat engine having an efficiency of $$70\% $$ is used to drive a refrigerator having a coefficient of performance of $$5.$$ The energy absorbed from...

A Carnot cycle is having an efficiency of $$0.75.$$ If the temperature of the high temperature reservoir is $${727^ \circ }C,$$ what is the temperatur...

A cyclic heat engine does $$50$$ $$kJ$$ of work per cycle. If the efficiency of the heat engine is $$75\% $$, then heat rejected per cycle is

For two cycles coupled in series, the topping cycle has an efficiency of $$30\% $$ and the bottoming cycle has an efficiency of $$20\% $$. The overall...

A solar energy based heat engine which receives $$80$$ $$kJ$$ of heat at $${100^ \circ }C$$ and rejects $$70$$ $$kJ$$ of heat to the ambient at $${30^...

Round the clock cooling of an apartment having a load of $$300$$ $$MJ/day$$ requires and air-conditioning plant of capacity about