10. A piston/cylinder assembly in a car contains 0.2 L of air at 90 kPa and 20°C, as shown.

The air is
compressed in a quasi-equilibrium poly-tropic process with polytropic exponent n = 1.25 to a final
volume six times smaller. Determine the final pressure and temperature, and the heat transfer for the
process.
9. Air in a piston/cylinder at 200 kPa, 600 K, is expanded in a constant-pressure process to twice the
initial volume (state 2), The piston is then locked with a pin and heat is transferred to a final
temperature of 600 K. Find P, T, and h for states 2 and 3, and find the work and heat transfer in both
processes.
8. A gasoline engine has a piston/cylinder with 0.1 kg air at 4 MPa, 1527°C after combustion and this is
expanded in a polytropic process with n = 1.5 to a volume 10 times larger. Find the expansion work and
heat transfer using 0.717 kJ/kg K as value of heat capacity.
7. A tank has a volume of 1 m3 with oxygen at 15°C, 300 kPa. Another tank contains 4 kg oxygen at 60°C,
500 kPa. The two tanks are connected by a pipe and valve which is opened allowing the whole system to
come to a single equilibrium state with the ambient at 20°C. Find the final pressure and the heat
transfer.
6. A 250 L rigid tank contains methane at 500 K, 1500 kPa. It is now cooled down to 300 K. Find the mass
of methane and the heat transfer using ideal gas.
5. A rigid tank is divided into two rooms by a membrane, both containing water, shown. Room A is at
200 kPa, v = 0.5 m3/kg, VA = 1 m3, and room B contains 3.5 kg at 0.5 MPa, 400°C. The membrane now
ruptures and heat transfer takes place so the water comes to a uniform state at 100°C. Find the heat
transfer during the process.
4. A constant pressure piston/cylinder assembly contains 0.2 kg water as saturated vapor at 400 kPa. It is
now cooled so the water occupies half the original volume. Find the heat transfer in the process.
3. A 100-L rigid tank contains nitrogen (N2) at 900 K, 3 MPa. The tank is now cooled to 100 K. What are
the work and heat transfer for this process?
2. A piston of 2 kg is accelerated to 20 m/s from rest. What constant gas pressure is required if the area
is 10 cm2, the travel 10 cm and the outside pressure is 100 kPa?
1. A rigid tank with pressurized air is used to a) increase the volume of a linear spring – loaded piston
cylinder (cylindrical geometry) arrangement and b) to blow up a spherical balloon. Assume that in both
cases P = A +BV with the same A and B. What is the expression for the work term in each situation?