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Efficiency of a Carnot engine (15-28)

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Efficiency of a Carnot engine
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The efficiency of an ideal Carnot heat engine depends only on the hot and cold temperatures between which the engine operates. Equation 15-28 is the maximum theoretical efficiency of any heat engine operating between temperatures TH and TC. It is impossible for any engine to do better than this.