Physical Chemistry
hurricanes form when water vapor at the surface of the ocean(ca.80 F) exchanges with the high altitude cooler air (ca. -120 F).During the ascent, the coriolis force of the earth createsmassively destructive winds. in this sense, the hurricane is a heatengine whose upper bound on efficiency can be estimated from thesecond law. a typical hurricane condenses about 90 million tons ofwater per hour
a)Calculate the theoretical maximum efficiency of the hurricane,modeling the hurricane as a carnot engine
b)Modeling the hurricane as carnot engine, use the standard heatof vaporization for water to estimate the power output a hurricanecan produce in W
