A frictionless piston–cylinder device contains saturated liquid water at 40-psia pressure. Now 600 Btu of heat is transferred to water from a source at 1000F, and part of the liquid vaporizes at constant pressure. Determine the total entropy generated during this process, in Btu/R.

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A frictionless piston–cylinder device contains saturated
liquid water at 40-psia pressure. Now 600 Btu of heat
is transferred
to water from a source at 1000F, and part of
the liquid vaporizes at constant pressure. Determine the total
entropy generated during this process, in Btu/R.

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