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A heat engine uses a diatomic gas that follows the pVcycle in FIGURE P21.59.

a. Determine the pressure, volume, and temperature at point2.

b. Determine Δ·¡th,Ws, and

p(kPa)Qfor each of the three processes. Put your results in a FIGURE P21.59table for easy reading.

c. How much work does this engine do per cycle and what is its thermal efficiency?

Short Answer

Expert verified

a. Pressure,volume and temperature value is 41.4×100atm,1000cm3,522K.

b. The table of result is .

c. Work done for engine is 186J,thermal efficiency is25%.

Step by step solution

01

 Calculation for pressure,volume and temperature (part a)

a.

From the graph ,

V1=V2=1000cm3

The pressure at state two process 2→3is adiabatic:

p2V2γ=p3V3γ

⇒p2=p3V3V2γ

So,

p2=41.4×100atm

The temperature of the ideal gas law is,

p1V1T1=p2V2T2

⇒T2=p2V2p1V1T1

Numerically,

localid="1650272315505" T2=696Wm3400Wm3×300K

=522K

02

Explanation (part b)

b.

The ideal gas law,

p1V1=nRT1

⇒n=p1V1RT1

=4×105W×1×10-3m38.314Ω×300K

=0.16¯

Process 1→2:

Because the process is isochoric, the work done will be zero.

The heat will be equal to the change in internal energy, which will be equal to

Q=Δ·¡th

=nCVΔ°Õ

=0.16×20.8m3×(522-300)K

=739J

Process 2→3:

The heat exchanged will be zero because the process is adiabatic.

The amount of effort done on the gas will be equal to the energy change.

W=-Δ·¡th

=-nCvΔ°Õ

=-0.16×20.8m3×(300-522)K

=739J

Process 3→1

The change in internal energy will be zero because the process is isothermic.

The heat exchanged will be equal to the work minus the heat exchanged, implying that

Q=-W=nRTlnV1V3

=0.16×8.314m3×300K×ln(0.25)

=-553J

03

Results in table format part (b) solution

b.

Table is,

04

Calculation for thermal efficiency (part c)

c.

The total work done by the engine is,

We=-(-739+553)J

=186J

The efficiency is,

η=186J739J

=25%

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