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Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics (8th Edition)

Problem

AnalyzingThermodynamicCycles
Agasundergoesacycleinapistoncylinderassemblyconsistingofthefollowingthree
processes:
Process12:Constantpressure,p=1.4bar,V1=0.028m3,W12=10.5kJ
Process23:CompressionwithpV=constant,U3=U2
Process31:Constantvolume,U1U3=26.4kJ
Therearenosignificantchangesinkineticorpotentialenergy.
(a)SketchthecycleonapVdiagram.
(b)Calculatethenetworkforthecycle,inkJ.
(c)Calculatetheheattransferforprocess12,inkJ.

Stepbystepsolution

Step1of5
(a)
DrawpVdiagramforthecycle.

Comment

Step2of5
(b)

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Calculatetheworkdoneforconstantvolumeprocess31.

Calculatethevolumeatstate2byusingtheequationofworkdoneforconstantpressure
process12,

Here,

isthepressureatstate1,

istheworkdoneforprocess12,

atstate1,and

isthevolumeatstate2.

Substitute

for

for

,and

for

isthevolume

Comment

Step3of5
Calculatetheworkdoneforconstanttemperatureprocess23.

Here,

isthepressureatstate2and

isthevolumeatstate3.

Sincetheprocess31isaconstantvolumeprocess,
Substitute

Substitute

for

for

for

,and

for

Comment

Step4of5
Calculatethenetworkforthecycle.

Substitute

for

for

,and

for

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Therefore,thenetworkforthecycleis

Comment

Step5of5
(c)
Calculatetheheattransferforprocess12.

Here,

istheinternalenergyatstate1and

Substitute

Here,

for

istheinternalenergyatstate2.

istheinternalenergyatstate3.

Substitute

for

and

for

Therefore,theheattransferforprocess12is

Comment

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