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Second Law Efficiencies and Exergy Change of A System
Second Law Efficiencies and Exergy Change of A System
and
Exergy Change of a System
Both heat engines have the same thermal efficiency. Are they
doing equally well?
Because B has a higher TH, it
should be able to do better.
Hence, it has a higher maximum
(reversible) efficiency.
Second law
efficiency for
heat engine A
For heat engine B, II = 30%/70% = 43%
The second law efficiency is 100 percent for all reversible devices.