Find maximum amount of work that expected from heat engine


A heat engine gets Q of 1550 kJ from a source whose temperature is 1000 C. It rejects heat to a lake at 10 C. In addition, due to inadequate insulation, it loses 150 kJ to the atmosphere which is at 32 C. A) What is the maximum amount of work that could be expected from the heat engine? B) If insulation is improved to that the 150 kJ loss goes to 0 kJ what is the maxium amount of work that can be expected?

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