Suppose a Power Plant Uses a Carnot Engine to Generate

question 13

Multiple Choice

Suppose a power plant uses a Carnot engine to generate electricity, using the atmosphere at 300 K as the low-temperature reservoir. Suppose the power plant produces an amount of electricity with the hot reservoir at 500 K during Day One and then produces the same amount of electricity with the hot reservoir at 600 K during Day Two. The thermal pollution was:

• A) greatest on Day One.
• B) greatest on Day Two.
• C) the same on both days.
• D) zero on both days.

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