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A piston-cylinder assembly has a liquid-vapor mixture of R-134a, with initial total mass of 3 kg, total volume of 0.12 m3 and a temperature of 10°C. The refrigerant then undergoes two processes in series: constant-temperature process followed by a constant- pressure process. At the end of the constant-pressure process, the pressure is 140 kPa and the R-134a is all saturated liquid. The constant temperature process is adiabatic while the constant-pressure process is not. Neglect kinetic and potential effects.
a. Solve for the initial quality of the liquid-vapor mixture of R-134a.
b. Determine the work and heat transfer for the constant-temperature process, in kJ.
c. Determine the work and heat transfer for the constant-pressure process, in kJ.