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Air is contained in a piston-cylinder device at 600 kPa and 927°C, and occupies a volume of 0.8
m3. The air undergoes and isothermal (constant temperature) process until the pressure in
reduced to 300 kPa. The piston is now fixed in place and not allowed to move while a heat
transfer process takes place until the air reaches 27°C. Snap a photo from your
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Initially temperature

Initially volume

Final pressure

Final temperature

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From the molar gas, constant and critical point properties

For air

We take the air as the system.

The energy balance equation can be expressed as

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Mass of the air in a system

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Using the boundary work relation for the isothermal process of an ideal gas gives

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Net amount of heat transfer


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Negative sign indicates that heat rejection take place from the system to surrounding.

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