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A heat engine that receives heat from a furnace at 1200°C and rejects waste heat to a river at 20°C has a thermal efficiency of 40 percent. Determine
(a) The second-law efficiency of this power plant.
(b) Irreversibility rate of this process if the heat engine receives heat from the furnace at a rate of 400 kW.