Chapter-5 2 nd Law
Chapter-5 2 nd Law
Chapter-5 2 nd Law
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The Quality of Energy:<br />
The carnot efficiency implies that, the higher the temperature TH, the<br />
higher the efficiency a<strong>nd</strong> hence the higher the quality of energy.<br />
The fraction of heat that can be converted to<br />
work as a function of source temperature.<br />
The higher the temperature of the<br />
thermal energy, the higher its<br />
quality.