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What is thermal efficiency formula?


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Thermal efficiency: The amount of heat energy that gets converted into work or in other words the ratio of work done and the heat absorbed is known as the thermal efficiency of a heat engine.

  1. It is denoted by η
  2. The SI Unit of thermal efficiency is kJkgorJmol.
  3. The formula for thermal efficiency is given as

η=WQin=(QinQout)Qin

Qin is the amount of heat absorbed from the source

Qout is the amount of heat rejected to the sink

W is the work done by the heat engine


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