Chapter 4

ENERGY ANALYSIS OF CLOSED

SYSTEMS
 MOVING BOUNDARY WORK
• Compression or
expansion work
• The PdV work
• Real engine work
can be measured
not calculated
• Quasi-equilibrium
processes are
calculated
A gas does a differential
amount of work δWb as
it forces the piston to
move by a differential
amount ds.
The area under the
process curve on a P-V
diagram is equal, in
magnitude, to the
work done during a
quasi-equilibrium
expansion or
compression process
of a closed system.
The boundary work done during a process depends
on the path followed as well as the end states.
The net work done during a cycle is the difference between the work
done by the system and the work done on the system.
 Constant volume process

For a constant volume process, the moving

boundary work is equal to zero (Wb = 0)
Constant pressure process
 Isothermal Compression of an Ideal Gas

  𝑉2 𝑉2 𝑃1
( )
𝑊 𝑏 =𝑃 1 𝑉 1 ln
𝑉1
𝑃 1 𝑉 1=𝑃 2 𝑉 2=𝑚𝑅𝑇
 
 
( )( )
𝑉1
=
𝑃2
Polytropic Process
Expansion of a Gas against a Spring
ENERGY BALANCE FOR CLOSED SYSTEMS
For a cycle
The first law of thermodynamics for a closed
system

 
is positive
 
is negative
 
is negative
 
is positive
 For a stationary closed system

𝑄 −𝑊 =∆ 𝑈=𝑈 2 − 𝑈 1
 

For a constant pressure stationary closed

system

𝑄 −𝑊 𝑜𝑡 h 𝑒𝑟 =∆ 𝐻=𝐻 2 − 𝐻 1 =𝑚 ( h2 −h1 )
 

  Where