1.

An electric heater supplies heat to a system at a rate of 100 W. If the system performs work at a rate of 75 joules per second, at what rate is the internal energy increasing?

Answer»

Rate of heat supplied to the system is 100 W = 100 Js-1

Rate of work done by the system is 75Js-1 .

From the first law of thermodynamics, we have

∆ Q = ∆ U + ∆ W ……..(1)

If the above parameters are observed for a time‘∆ t’, …….(2)

where \(\frac{ΔQ}{Δ t}\) is the rate of heat supplied to the system for the given

time,\(​​​​\)\(\frac{ΔU}{Δ t}\) is the rate of increase in internal energy of the system for the given time and \(\frac{ΔW}{Δ t}\) is the

rate of work done by the system in the given time.

∴ From equation (2), we have

100 = \(\frac{ΔU}{Δ t}\) + 75

\(\frac{ΔU}{Δ t}\) = 25 Js-1

Therefore the internal energy increases at rate of 25 Joules per second.



Discussion

No Comment Found

Related InterviewSolutions