Consider the adiabatic compression of 5kmol of air from 105 Pa to 3x105 Pa. Initialtemperature is 25 °C.Calculate the required work, the change ininternal energy, the initial volume and thefinite volume.Air is assumed to behave as an ideal gas.Hint:Use adiabatic relation for an ideal gasbetween temperatures, presures andvolumes and/or the equation of state, thefirst law of thermodynamics and theequipartition theorem.

Given P1 = 105 Pa P2 = 3 × 105 Pa T1 = 25 o C = 273 + 25 = 298 K number of moles n = 5 kmol…

Consider the adiabatic compression of 5 kmol of air from 105 Pa to 3x105 Pa. Init temperature is 25 °C. Calculate the required work, the change internal energy, the initial volume and ti finite volume. Air is assumed to behave as an ideal ga Hint: Use adiabatic relation for an ideal gas between temperatures, presures and volumes and/or the equation of state, t first law of thermodynamics and the equipartition theorem.

Consider the adiabatic compression of 5 kmol of air from 105 Pa to 3x105 Pa. Init temperature is 25 °C. Calculate the required work, the change internal energy, the initial volume and ti finite volume. Air is assumed to behave as an ideal ga Hint: Use adiabatic relation for an ideal gas between temperatures, presures and volumes and/or the equation of state, t first law of thermodynamics and the equipartition theorem.

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