Question

Examine a process whereby air at 300 K, 100 kPa is compressed in a piston/cylinder arrangement to 600 kPa. Assume the process is polytropic with exponent equal to 1.2 or 1.6. Find the work and heat transfer per unit mass of air in each case. Discuss the two cases and how they may be accomplished by insulating the cylinder or by providing heating or cooling.

Answer 1

See attachment and explanation.

Step-by-step explanation:

- The following question can be solved better with the help of a MATLAB program as follows. The code is given in the attachment.

- The plot of the graph is given in attachment.

- The code covers the entire spectrum of the poly-tropic range ( 1.2 - 1.6 ) and 20 steps ( cases ) have been plotted and compared in the attached plot.