Homework Assignment #1 Physics 397

the coefficient of performance is defined as the ratio of the heat taken out of the cold reservoir QC per work done W, or . Solving for the work W gives for a given cycle, the 1st law of thermodynamics says that energy is conserved, which means that the energy into the system (W+QC) is equal to the energy out of the system QH, so we have QH=W ... ................
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