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Prob. 4-68 A piston–cylinder device contains 2.2 kg of nitrogen initially at 100 kPa and 25C....

Prob. 4-68 A piston–cylinder device contains 2.2 kg of nitrogen initially at 100 kPa and 25C. The nitrogen is now compressed slowly in a polytropic process during which PV^1.3 = constant until the volume is reduced by one-half. Determine the work done and the heat transfer for this process.

4–69    Reconsider Prob. 4–68. Using EES (or other) software,plot the process described in the problem on a P-V diagram, and investigate the effect of the poly- tropic exponent n on the boundary work and heat transfer. Let the polytropic exponent vary from 1.0 to 1.4. Plot the boundary work and the heat transfer versus the polytropic exponent, and discuss the results.

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