What are the applications of source and sink in the thermodynamic machines/systems?
Answer: They are everywhere. No thermodynamic system is considered complete without the presence of both source and sink. There must be a source that is a high-temperature reservoir and a sink that is at a low-temperature reservoir to transfer heat and extract work. If the temperature of the source and sink is equal, that means there is work being extracted with a single reservoir which violates the second law of thermodynamics.
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