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The heat engine shown in FIGURE P21.63uses 0.020molof a diatomic gas as the working substance.

a. Determine T1,T2, and T3-

b. Make a table that shows Δ·¡th,Ws, and Qfor each of the three processes.

c. What is the engine's thermal efficiency?

Short Answer

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a. Temperatures are2400K,role="math" localid="1650289558051" 5520K,1380K.

b. Table is,

c. Thermal efficiency is5.3%.

Step by step solution

01

Calculation for temperature (part a)

a.

The ideal gas law,

pV=nRT⇒T=pVnR

The temperature at the second state is,

T2=4×105atm×0.001m30.02×8.314Ω

=2400K

V1=V3=:V

p2V2γ=p1Vγ

⇒V=p2p11/γV2

So,

V=41/1.67×0.001m3

=0.0023m3

Because the pressure remains constant, the increase in temperature at state third will be equal to the increase in volume, as shown in the first expression. That is to say,

T3=2.3T2

=5520K

T1=0.25T3=1380K

02

Table for processes (part b)

b.

In process 1→2, heat exchange is nil, whereas work done on the gas is equal to the change in internal energy, which is W=∆Eth

=0.02×20.8kJ×1020K=424J.

The work done on the gas in process 2→1will be0.02×29.1kJ×3120K=1820J.

The work done by the gas in process 3→1will be zero, but the heat released will be equal to the drop in internal energy, which will be -1720J.

Table is,

03

Calculation for thermal efficiency (part c)

c.

The total net work done per cycle is 96J

The heat is 1820J.

The thermal efficiency is,

η=96J1820J

=5.3%

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