A CARNOT heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 900°C at a rate of 800kJ/min and rejects the waste heat to the ambient air at 27°C. All the power produced by the thermal engine is used to act as a refrigerator that removes heat from the refrigerated space at -5°C and transfers it to the same ambient air at 27°C. Determine a) the maximum rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and b) the total rate of heat rejection to the ambient air.

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A CARNOT heat engine receives heat from a reservoir at 900°C at a rate of 800kJ/min and rejects the waste heat to the ambient air at 27°C. All the power produced by the thermal engine is used to act as a refrigerator that removes heat from the refrigerated space at -5°C and transfers it to the same ambient air at 27°C. Determine a) the maximum rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and b) the total rate of heat rejection to the ambient air.

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