One pound of oxygen O2 undergoes a power cycle consisting of the following processes: 3.145 One...
2. One lb of air undergoes a power cycle consisting of the following processes: 1->2: constant volume from p1=20 psi, T1=500°R to T2=820°R 2->3: adiabatic expansion to v3 = 1.4 v2 3->1: constant pressure compression Sketch the cycle on a p-v diagram. Assuming ideal gas behavior, determine (a) The pressure at state 2 in psi. (b) The temperature at state 3 in °R. (c) The thermal efficiency of the cycle.
A system consisting of 1.0 kg of water and undergoes a thermodynamic power cycle composed of the following four processes: Process 1 – 2: Constant pressure heating at 1 MPa from saturated vapor Process 2 – 3: Constant volume cooling to pz = 500 kPa, Tz = 160°C Process 3 – 4: Isothermal compression with Q34 = -815.8 kJ Process 4-1: Constant volume heating (a) Sketch the cycle on T - v and p - v diagrams. (b) Is this...
A gas within a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a thermodynamic cycle consisting of three processes: Process 1-2: Constant volume V1 = 2 m3, p1 = 1 bar, to p2 = 3 bar, U2 – U1 = 400 kJ. Process 2-3: Constant pressure compression to V3 = 1 m3. Process 3-1: Adiabatic expansion, with W31 = 150 kJ. There are no significant changes in kinetic or potential energy. Determine the net work for the cycle, in kJ, and the heat transfers for...
A piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a cycle consisting of the following three processes: • Process 1-2: Compression with constant internal energy • Process 2-3: Constant-volume cooling to p3 = 100 kPa, V3 = 0.1 m3 • Process 3-1: Constant-pressure expansion with W31 = 12 kJ Sketch the cycle on a p-V diagram, labeling each of the states and indicating the process directions with arrows. If the work for the entire cycle is Wcycle = -20 kJ and changes in kinetic and potential energy are negligible,...
Problem 6.030 Your answer is partially correct. Try again. One pound mass of air as an ideal gas contained within a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a Carnot power cycle. At the beginning of the isothermal expansion, the temperature is 1600 °R and the pressure is 200 lbf/in.2 The isothermal compression occurs at 500 R and the heat added per cycle is 40.0 Btu. Assuming the ideal gas model for the air, determine (a) the pressures at the end of the isothermal...
A piston-cylinder assembly contains air modeled as an ideal gas. The air undergoes a power cycle consisting of four processes in series: • Process 1-2: Constant-temperature expansion at 600 K from p1 = 0.5 MPa to p2 = 0.4 MPa. • Process 2-3: Polytropic expansion with n = 1.3 to p3 = 0.3 MPa. • Process 3-4: Constant-pressure compression to ν4 = ν1. • Process 4-1: Constant-volume heating. a) Sketch the cycle on a p-ν diagram. b) Calculate the work...
Thermodynamics 2.56 A gas within a piston-cylinder assembly undergoes a thermo- dynamic cycle consisting of three processes: Process 1-2: Constant volume V1 m, pi bar, to p2 3 bar, U2- U400 kJ Process 2-3: Constant pressure expansion to V 2 m3 Process 3-1: Adiabatic compression, with W1120 kJ There are no significant changes in kinetic or potential energy. De- termine the net work for the cycle, in kJ, and the heat transfers for Processes 1-2 and 2-3, in kJ. Is...
A closed system undergoes a cyclic process involving three processes. The initial state is defined by P1-101325 Pa and V-1x103 m3. Details regarding the three 4-2. processes are as follows Process 1-2: Adiabatic compression (polytropic process with n-1.4) that doubles the pressure. Process 2-3: Constant volume cooling Process 3-1: Constant pressure heating. Complete the table below for the 3-pocess cycle. Ui-f Q-f Wif Process (i-f 1-2 2-3 3-1 -75
An ideal gas undergoes a cycle consisting of the following mechanically reversible steps: An adiabatic compression from Pu V1, T1 to P2, V2, T2 An isobaric expansion from P2, V2, T2 to P3 P2, Vs, T3 - An adiabatic expansion from P3, Vs, Ts to Pa, V4, T4 - A constant-volume process from Pa, V4, T4 to Pi, VV4, T1 (a) Sketch this cycle on a PV diagram (b) Derive an equation that expresses the thermal efficiency (n) of this...
A gas undergoes a cycle in a piston-cylinder assembly consisting of the following three processes:Process 1-2: Constant pressure, p=1.4 bar, v₁=0.028 m³, w12=10 kJProcess 2-3: Compression with p V= constant, U₃=U₂Process 3-1: Constant volume, U₁-U₃=-25 kJThere are no significant changes in kinetic or potential energy.(a) Calculate the net work for the cycle, in kJ.(b) Calculate the heat transfer for process 1-2, in kJ.