Heat engine operates between two temperature limits

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A heat engine operates between two temperature limits of 1200 K and 300 K. It receives 1 MJ of heat while producing 450 kJ of useful work. Determine:

The energy of the heat received by the heat engine

The energy that is not available for work production.

The irreversibility of the process

The second-law efficiency of the heat engine

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