Quiz — General Introduction

Name: Elementary and Advanced Thermodynamics
Author: Jean-Philippe Bruneton

Question 1

What is a heat engine, in the thermodynamic sense?

Accepted Answer

A cyclic device that converts into work a fraction of the heat flow going from hot to cold.

Question 2

Why does a heat engine need a temperature difference between two reservoirs?

Accepted Answer

Because without a temperature difference no heat flows, and there is nothing to convert into work.

Question 3

A cyclic heat engine can operate while in contact with a single heat reservoir only.

Accepted Answer

False