DSAE_PHY109_Lecture_07
DSAE_PHY109_Lecture_07
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❑du will be positive when the internal energy of the system increases, and du will
be negative when the internal energy decreases.
❑dW will be positive when the system does work on the surroundings and dW will
be negative when the surroundings do work on the system.
Difference between 𝑪𝒑 and 𝑪𝒗 for an ideal gas
In order to find the difference between 𝐶𝑝 and 𝐶𝑣 , let us take a cylinder 𝐶 with a frictionless movable piston
𝐷. Both the cylinder and the piston are bad conductors of heat. Consider that an amount of 𝑛 moles of an
ideal gas is kept in the cylinder at volume 𝑉 and pressure 𝑃. Keeping the volume fixed, the temperature of
the gas is raised by 𝑑𝑇, by supplying heat. So, heat required,
𝑑𝑄 = 𝑛𝐶𝑣 𝑑𝑇 … … … (i)
𝑾
• dQ = du + dW *η=
𝑸
• dW = PdV or ∆𝑾 = 𝑷(𝑽𝟐 − 𝑽𝟏 )
𝜸 𝜸
• 𝑷𝟏 𝑽𝟏 = 𝑷𝟐 𝑽𝟐
𝜸−𝟏 𝜸−𝟏
• 𝑻𝟏 𝑽𝟏 = 𝑻𝟐 𝑽𝟐
𝑻𝟐
• η=1-
𝑻𝟏
𝑸𝟐
• η=1-
𝑸𝟏
𝑸𝟐 𝑻𝟐
• =
𝑸𝟏 𝑻𝟏
Mathematical Problems
1. Dry air at 𝟐𝟓𝟎 C and at one atmospheric pressure is adiabatically compressed to half of its volume.
Calculate the (a) final temperature and (b) final pressure of air. [𝜸=1.4]
2. A heat engine after doing work in each cycle rejects 70% of heat absorbed from the source. Calculate
the efficiency of the engine.
3. A Carnot’s engine has 50% efficiency when the sink temperature is 𝟐𝟕𝟎 C. What should be the
increase in temperature of the heat source to make its efficiency 60%?
4. A system rejects 500 J of heat at constant volume. Calculate the change in internal energy of the
system. Explain the result.