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Mechanical Energy

A heat engine is a device that converts heat energy into mechanical work, utilizing thermodynamic principles. It consists of components such as a heat source, working substance, mechanism for conversion, and a heat sink. The document includes examples, calculations for work done and thermal efficiency, and assessment questions related to heat engines.

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Mechanical Energy

A heat engine is a device that converts heat energy into mechanical work, utilizing thermodynamic principles. It consists of components such as a heat source, working substance, mechanism for conversion, and a heat sink. The document includes examples, calculations for work done and thermal efficiency, and assessment questions related to heat engines.

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What is A Heat Engine

- A heat engine is a device that converts heat


energy into mechanical work.

- It operates based on the principles of


thermodynamics, particularly the conversion of
heat into useful work.

Examples of heat engine mechanisms:


Car,oven,stove,Ac and refrigerator
A typical heat engine consists of
several components, including:
A heat source – hot reservoir/Tʜ

A working substance (gas, fluid, etc.)

A mechanism for converting heat into work

A heat sink - cold reservoir/Tᴄ


Qʜ,Qc,W,J and E
Qh: Heat J: Joules
input or Refers to
heat the unit of E: The Thermal
absorbed energy efficiency tells
from the hot used by the us how well the
reservoir. engine engine converts
Qc: Heat heat energy into
output or W: work that useful work.
heat rejected is done by the
to the cold system on its
reservoir surroundings
A heat engine absorbs 4500J of heat energy from a hot reservoir and discards 2500J
(A) How much work is done by the heat engine? (B) calculate the thermal efficiency
of the engine
A) Qh: 4500J W = Qh – Qc
Qc: -2500J 4500J – 2500J
= 2000J ( Work done)
4500J
B) E = W
___ x 100% = 2000J
____ x 100%
Qh 4500J
-2500J 2000J ÷ 4500 x 100% = 44.4%
(Thermal efficiency) ↑↑↑
A jet engine has a thermal efficiency of 18%. (A) if it performs 1500J of
mechanical work per cycle, how much heat energy is absorbed from the
hot reservoir per cycle? (B) how much heat energy is discarded to the
environment per cycle?
A) B)
E =_____
W
X 100% W = Qh - Qc
Qh
18% 15000J

(Cancel)
_____ _____ 100%
_____
100% = Qh 100% 15000J 8333J
_____
= _____
-8333J -8333J
0.18%
_____ = 15000J
_____
1 Qh
15000J - 8333J
15000J
_____ 0.18%
_____ Qh
=
0.18% 0.18%

Qh = 8333J Qc = -8633J
ASSESSMENT
1) Qh: 7011J Qc: -4511J 8) This is where Qh
What is your W? comes from
2) Calculate the thermal 9) This is where
efficiency of question 1 the rejected
3) What is Qc? heat goes
4) What is Qh? 10) 3 examples of heat
engine mechanisms
5) Refers to the unit
of energy used by
the engine
6) Explain what is E
7) Heat Engine
operates based on?

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