A Carnot heat engine has an ideal efficiency of 34% and produces 25 kW of output...

A Carnot heat engine has an ideal efficiency of 34% and produces 25 kW of output power. At what rate (MJ/h) must it discharge heat when operating at full power?

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In this problem, first Calculate the heat input rate to the heat engine from the Carnot ideal efficiency formula and then Calculate the heat discharge from heat engine by subtracting output power from heat addition rate and change its unit from kW to MJ/h as below:-

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