(I) A heat engine's high temperature TĦ could be ambient temperature, because liquid nitrogen at 77 K could be T and is cheap. What would be the efficiency of a Carnot engine that made use of heat transferred from air at room temperature (293 K) to the liquid nitrogen “fuel" (Fig. 15–25)? OC Z FIGURE 15-25 Problem 22.

(I) A heat engine's high temperature TĦ could be ambient temperature, because liquid nitrogen at 77 K could be T and is cheap. What would be the efficiency of a Carnot engine that made use of heat transferred from air at room temperature (293 K) to the liquid nitrogen “fuel" (Fig. 15–25)? OC Z FIGURE 15-25 Problem 22.

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