Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
At certain locations geothermal energy in undergound water is available and used as the energy source for a power plant. Consider a supply of saturated liquid water at 150°C. What is the maximum possible thermal efficiency of a cyclic heat engine using this source of energy with the ambient at 20°C? Would it be better to locate a source of saturated vapor at 150°C than use the saturated liquid at 150°C?
At certain locations geothermal energy in undergound water is available and used as the energy source for a power plant. Consider a supply of saturated liquid water at 150°C. What is the maximum possible thermal efficiency of a cyclic heat engine using this source of energy with the ambient at 20°C? Would it be better to locate a source of saturated vapor at 150°C than use the saturated liquid at 150°C?
TMAX = 150°C = 423.2 K = TH ; TMin = 20°C = 293.2 K = TL
ηTH MAX = TH – TL/TH = 130/423.2 = 0.307
Yes. Saturated vapor source at 150°C would remain at 150°C as it condenses to liquid, providing a large energy supply at that temperature.