An inert gas held in a plunger undergoes three stages: Stage 1-2: the gas is compressed without any heat transfer where the initial conditions are 11m³ and 2kPa and final conditions 3m3 and 8kPa and PV is a constant Stage 2-3: the gas undergoes expansion where 287kJ is added and v2 returns to 11m3 at constant pressure of 8kPa Stage 3-1: the plunger is stationary as the gas cools and returns to its initial state a) Sketch the cycle above b) Determine the following in kJ (nearest whole number): i) Qcycle

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Sketch the cycle as well as determine the Qcycle and Q31  in kj 

An inert gas held in a plunger undergoes three stages:
Stage 1-2: the gas is compressed without any heat transfer
where the initial conditions are 11m³ and 2kPa and final
conditions 3m3 and 8kPa and PV is a constant
Stage 2-3: the gas undergoes expansion where 287kJ is
added and v2 returns to 11m3 at constant pressure of 8kPa
Stage 3-1: the plunger is stationary as the gas cools and
returns to its initial state
a) Sketch the cycle above
b) Determine the following in kJ (nearest whole number):
i) Qcycle
ii) Q31
Transcribed Image Text:An inert gas held in a plunger undergoes three stages: Stage 1-2: the gas is compressed without any heat transfer where the initial conditions are 11m³ and 2kPa and final conditions 3m3 and 8kPa and PV is a constant Stage 2-3: the gas undergoes expansion where 287kJ is added and v2 returns to 11m3 at constant pressure of 8kPa Stage 3-1: the plunger is stationary as the gas cools and returns to its initial state a) Sketch the cycle above b) Determine the following in kJ (nearest whole number): i) Qcycle ii) Q31
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