JEE Main202127 Aug 2021Evening ShiftPhysicsThermodynamicsActual
A heat engine operates between a cold reservoir at temperature T 2 = 400   K and a hot reservoir at temperature T 1 . It takes 300   J of heat from the hot reservoir and delivers 240   J of heat to the cold reservoir in a cycle. The minimum temperature of the hot reservoir has to be
Correct answer
500
Step-by-step solution
Recall the formula of efficiency of heat engine in terms of work done and heat supplied to the source, η = W Q H = 1 - T L T H , here T L   &   T H , is the temperature of the sink and source ⇒ 60 300 = 1 - 400 T H ⇒ T H = 500   K .