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Inside a piston cylinder, there is wet steam at a temperature of 6 kg at a...

Inside a piston cylinder, there is wet steam at a temperature of 6 kg at a temperature of 120 °C and 0.6 dryness. The steam in this reciprocating cylinder is given 120 kj of heat from the outside. In addition, 25 kj of work is done by a propeller in the steam in the cylinder. As it is known that the process takes place at constant pressure and in the second case, the temperature is 200 °C;
a) Show the process in the T-v and P-v diagrams. (7 points)
b) Calculate the moving boundary work. (8 points)

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