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An ideal gas ( 1.0 mol) is the working substance in an engine that operates on the cycle shown in Figure 20-30. Processes BC andDA are reversible and adiabatic. (a) Is the gas monatomic, diatomic, or polyatomic? (b) What is the engine efficiency?

Short Answer

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  1. The gas is monatomic.
  2. The engine efficiency is 75%.

Step by step solution

01

The given data

The number of moles is n = 1.0 mol

Figure 20-30 is the graph of pressure vs. volume.

02

Understanding the concept of the ideal gas

We use the concept of Ideal gas. Using the equation for the adiabatic process, we can find the value of gamma, and using the value of gamma, we can determine the type of gas. Using the equation of efficiency, we can find efficiency.

Formulae:

The equation of an adiabatic process for volume constant,

PiViy=PfVfy (1)

The efficiency of a Carnot engine,

ε=Qin-QoutQin (2)

The heat transferred by the body,

Q=nC∆T (3)

The ideal-gas equation,

PV=nRT (4)

03

(a) Identifying the nature of the gas

We consider path D to A, using equation (1) and substituting the values, we can get that

pDVDy=pAVAyp032(8V0)y=p0v0y8y=32γ=In(32)In(8)γ=53

From this value, we can say that it is a monatomic gas.

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(b) Calculation of the engine efficiency

For path A to B heat is absorbed, for a monatomic gas, CP=52R, we can get the heat transferred by the body using equation (3) and the given values as follows:

role="math" localid="1661574176097" QH=n52RTATBTA-1QH=nRTA52(2-1)fromequation(4),forconstantpressureTBTA=VBVATBTA=2VBVAQH=p0V052

Similarly, we can write heat for path C to D as QLfor lower temperature using equation (3) as given:

QL=n52RTD1-TLTD=nRTD521-2..................(5)

For point D, we can write

nRTD=p0328V0=14p0V0

Using the above value, the equation (1) is given as:

QL=-p0V0452

The efficiency of the engine using equation (ii) is given as:

ε=1p0V0452p0V052=1-14=34=0.75=75%

Hence, the value of the engine efficiency is 75%

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