State the Kelvin-Planck statement of the second law of thermodynamics.
(N/A) The Kelvin-Planck statement of the second law of thermodynamics states that:
It is impossible for any device that operates on a thermodynamic cycle to receive heat from a single thermal reservoir and produce a net amount of work.
In simpler terms,no heat engine can have a thermal efficiency of $100\%$.
This implies that for a heat engine to operate,it must exchange heat with at least two reservoirs at different temperatures.
It is impossible for any device that operates on a thermodynamic cycle to receive heat from a single thermal reservoir and produce a net amount of work.
In simpler terms,no heat engine can have a thermal efficiency of $100\%$.
This implies that for a heat engine to operate,it must exchange heat with at least two reservoirs at different temperatures.
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