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A gas undergoes a polytropic process where the relationship between pressure and specific volume is defined as pv^0.5 = constant. Starting with an initial pressure of 250 kPa and a specific volume of 0.5 m^3/kg, the final specific volume is calculated to be 3.125 m^3/kg at a pressure of 100 kPa. The process is plotted on a pressure versus specific volume graph, illustrating the decrease in pressure as the specific volume increases.

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A gas undergoes a polytropic process where the relationship between pressure and specific volume is defined as pv^0.5 = constant. Starting with an initial pressure of 250 kPa and a specific volume of 0.5 m^3/kg, the final specific volume is calculated to be 3.125 m^3/kg at a pressure of 100 kPa. The process is plotted on a pressure versus specific volume graph, illustrating the decrease in pressure as the specific volume increases.

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27 Three kg of gas in a piston-cylinder assembly undergo a process during which the


relationship between pressure and specific volume is pv0.5 = constant. The process begins with
p1 = 250 kPa and V1 = 1.5 m3 and ends with p2 = 100 kPa. Determine the final specific volume,
in m3/kg. Plot the process on a graph of pressure versus specific volume.

KNOWN: A gas of known mass undergoes a process from a known initial state to a specified
final pressure. The pressure-specific volume relationship for the process is given.

FIND: Determine the final specific volume and plot the process on a pressure versus specific
volume graph.

SCHEMATIC AND GIVEN DATA:

State 1 State 2
Process 1→ 2
Gas Gas
pv0.5 = constant

m1 = 3 kg m2 = 3 kg
p1 = 250 kPa p2 = 100 kPa
V1 = 1.5 m3

ENGINEERING MODEL:
1. The gas is a closed system.
2. The system undergoes a polytropic process in which pv0.5 = constant.

ANALYSIS:
The final specific volume, v2, can be determined from the polytropic process equation

p1v10.5= p2v20.5

Solving for v2 yields


1
 p  0.5
v2 = v1  1 
 p2 

Specific volume at the initial state, v1, can be determined by dividing the volume at the initial
state, V1, by the mass, m, of the system

V1 1.5 m 3
v1 =  = 0.5 m3/kg
m 3 kg

1
Substituting values for pressures and specific volume yields

1
 m 3  250 kPa  0.5
v2 =  0.5   = 3.125 m /kg
3

 kg  100 kPa 

The volume of the system increased while pressure decreased during the process.

A plot of the process on a pressure versus specific volume graph is as follows:

Pressure versus Specific Volume

260
240
220
Pressure (kPa)

200
180
160
140
120
100
0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50
Specific Volume (m^3/kg)

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