A gas in a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a process for which the relationship between pressure and volume is given by: PV = Constant The initial volume of vapor is 3.2 m³ and the
A gas in a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a process for which the relationship between pressure and volume is given by: PV = Constant The initial volume of vapor is 3.2 m³ and the
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Transcribed Image Text:A gas in a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a
process for which the relationship between
pressure and volume is given by:
PV = Constant
The initial volume of vapor is 3.2 m³ and the
final volume is double the initial volume. The
initial pressure in the system was found to be
equal to 427 kPa.
a)
Based on the mentioned
description, is this process an expansion or a
compression? Justify your answer.
b)
Write a general expression of the
total change in energy for that system between
state 2 and state 1. Provide names of each
energy form in your expression.
c)
Determine the work done by the
vapor (in kJ) during this process. What is the
type of this work?
d)
Determine the density of the
vapor at the initial state if the mass of the
system is equal to 5.5 kg. Deduce then a value
for specific volume.
Imagine that the top of the piston
is held by a force and the upper boundary
cannot slide anymore. Explain what will be
consequence if continuous heating is applied at
the bottom of the system?
Consider that the piston is now
your thermodynamic system. It is well insulated
from the gas and from the atmosphere (Q=0) and
moves without friction in the cylinder. During a
heating process, the increase in volume
measured in this piston-cylinder assembly was
found to be equal to 0.09 m³. The atmospheric
pressure is 101 kPa and the pressure of the gas
(inside the cylinder) is found to be equal to 222
kPa. Determine the total work done on our
system (kJ).
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