2PA35HC
2PA35HC
2PA35HC
Stage I is a reversible adiabatic expansion of the gas from V1 to V2 with cooling from T1 to T2 since the
gas is doing work of expansion and no compensating heat transfer is allowed.
Thus: dU = dq + dw
dU =0
and
U
dU = ( ) dT = n C dT
T V V
(3)
n C dT = - PdV (4)
V
dT dV
nC = - nR
V T V (5)
integrating we find
or since
T2= P2V 2
T1 P1V1
for an ideal gas
P2 V2 V2
CV l n = - ( C + R) l n C ln (7)
P1 V V1 p V1
therefore
Cp l n ( P 1 / P 2)
= g= (9)
CV l n ( V 2 / V 1)
Stage II involves heat transfer to the gas at constant volume sufficient to restore the temperature to T 1.
Thus, assuming ideal gas behaviour,
P3 T
= 1 = P1V1
P2 T2 P2V2 (10)
V2 P1
=
V1 P3
1
𝐶𝑝 ln(𝑃1)−ln(𝑃2)
Thus K = 𝐶𝑣 = ln(𝑃1)−ln(𝑃3)
1.4−𝑘
% error = × 100,
1.4
Experiment % error
1 2.571
2 7.428
3 10.642