Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
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Chapter 1 - Introduction and Basic Concepts - Problems - Page 41: 1-4C

Answer

No, the claim is wrong, as it violates the second law of thermodynamics

Work Step by Step

This case doesn't disregard the primary law, i.e vitality protection, as the vitality from the environment can stream into the container, however It damages the second law, which expresses that the entropy of the universe can never diminish. It can be derived from the second law that warmth spill out of low temperature source to high temperature source can't happen with no outer work
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