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An ideal gas contained in a piston-and-cylinder device undergoes a thermodynamic cycle made up of three quasi-equilibrium processes. Step 1-2: Adiabatic compression from 330 K and 9.35 atm to 12.58 atm Step 2-3: Isobaric cooling Step 3-1: Isothermal expansion   c.) Calculate Q, W, ΔU and ΔH, in J/mole, for each step in the process and for the entire cycle. Assume that CP = (5/2) R. d.) Is this cycle a power cycle or a refrigeration cycle?  Explain. Calculate the thermal efficiency or COP of the cycle, whichever is appropriate.

An ideal gas contained in a piston-and-cylinder device undergoes a thermodynamic cycle made up of three quasi-equilibrium processes. Step 1-2: Adiabatic compression from 330 K and 9.35 atm to 12.58 atm Step 2-3: Isobaric cooling Step 3-1: Isothermal expansion   c.) Calculate Q, W, ΔU and ΔH, in J/mole, for each step in the process and for the entire cycle. Assume that CP = (5/2) R. d.) Is this cycle a power cycle or a refrigeration cycle?  Explain. Calculate the thermal efficiency or COP of the cycle, whichever is appropriate.

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An ideal gas contained in a piston-and-cylinder device undergoes a thermodynamic cycle made up of three quasi-equilibrium processes.

Step 1-2: Adiabatic compression from 330 K and 9.35 atm to 12.58 atm

Step 2-3: Isobaric cooling

Step 3-1: Isothermal expansion

 

c.) Calculate Q, W, ΔU and ΔH, in J/mole,

for each step in the process and for the entire cycle. Assume that CP = (5/2) R.

d.) Is this cycle a power cycle or a refrigeration cycle?  Explain. Calculate the thermal efficiency or COP of the cycle, whichever is appropriate.

 

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