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  1. A Carnot engine (CE-1) works between two temperature reservoirs A and B, where TA = 900 K and TB = 500 K. A second Carnot engine (CE-2) works between temperature reservoirs B and C, where Tc = 300 K. In each cycle of CE-1 and CE-2, all the heat rejected by CE-1 to reservoir B is used by CE-2. For one cycle of operation, if the net Q absorbed by CE-1 from reservoir A is 150 MJ, the net heat rejected to reservoir C by CE-2 (in MJ) is ______.
    1. 50
    2. 25
    3. 40
    4. 30
Correct Option: A


η1 =
1 - T1
=
1 - 500
= 4.44
T1900

Q2 = (1 – η1) × Q1 = 53.33 MJ
η2 = 1 -
T3
= 1 -
300
= 0.4
T2500

Q3 = (1 – η2) × Q2 = 50 MJ



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