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A "Linde-machine" is used to cool and liquefy air. The cyclic
process uses three different states running
through three different processes, assuming air as a diatomic ideal
gas:
1 > 2: adiabatic compression with T1 = 23.0 °C, T2 = 150 °C, p1
= 2.00 x 10^5 Pa and V1 = 2.50 dm^3
2 > 3: isobaric compression with T3 = T1
3 > 1: isothermal expansion
a) Draw the corresponding p(V) diagram of the cyclic process,
numbering the different states and indicating
the direction of the individual processes (note that it is not a
heat engine, but used to cool air).
b) What are the number of moles, the pressure at state 2 and
volumes at states 2 and 3?
c) What are the related work and heat taken up or released at each
process?
d) Calculate the total amount of work.