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TS EAMCET · Physics · Kinetic Theory of Gases

The carnot heat engine have an efficiency of 50%. The temperature of sink is maintained at 500 K. To increase the efficiency upto 80%, the increment in the source temperature is

  1. A 1500 K
  2. B 2500 K
  3. C 500 K
  4. D 2000 K
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(A) 1500 K

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Recall the formula of efficiency of Carnot's engine in terms of source and sink temperature, η=1-T2T1, here T2=500 K, it means, 0.5=1-500T1  .....1 when the efficiency becomes, 0.8 then, 0.8=1-500T1+x  ...2 from the equation one and two,…
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