3.14.2
Using Constant Specific Heats
When the specific heats are taken as constants, Eqs. 3.40 and 3.43 reduce, respec-
tively, to
u
T
2
2 u
T
1
5 c
y
T
2
2 T
1
(3.50)
h
T
2
2 h
T
1
5 c
T
2
2 T
1
(3.51)
Equations 3.50 and 3.51 are often used for thermodynamic analyses involving ideal
gases because they enable simple closed-form equations to be developed for many
processes.
The constant values of c
y
and c
p
in Eqs. 3.50 and 3.51 are, strictly speaking, mean
values calculated as follows
c
y
5
#
T
2
T
1
c
y
1T2 dT
T
2
2 T
1
,
c
p
5
#
T
2
T
1
c
p
1T2 d
T
2
2 T
1
However, when the variation of c
y
or c
p
over a given temperature interval is slight,
little error is normally introduced by taking the specific heat required by Eq. 3.50 or
3.51 as the arithmetic average of the specific heat values at the two end temperatures.
Alternatively, the specific heat at the average temperature over the interval can be
used. These methods are particularly convenient when tabular specific heat data are
available, as in Tables A-20, for then the constant specific heat values often can be
determined by inspection.
Analysis: An energy balance for the closed system is
¢KE
0
1 ¢PE
0
1 ¢U 5 Q 2 W
where the kinetic and potential energy terms vanish by assumption 2. Solving for W
➌ W 5 Q 2 ¢U 5 Q 2 m
u
2
2 u
1
From the problem statement, Q 5 220 Btu. Also, from Table A-22E at T
1
5 5408R, u
1
5 92.04 Btu/lb, and at
T
2
5 8408R, u
2
5 143.98 Btu/lb. Accordingly
W 5220 Btu 2
2 lb
143.98 2 92.04
Btu
/
lb 52123.9 Btu
The minus sign indicates that work is done on the system in the process.
➊ Although the initial and final states are assumed to be equilibrium states, the
intervening states are not necessarily equilibrium states, so the process has
been indicated on the accompanying p–y diagram by a dashed line. This
dashed line does not define a “path” for the process.
➋ Table A-1E gives p
c
5 37.2 atm, T
c
5 2398R for air. Therefore, at state 1,
p
R1
5 0.03, T
R1
5 2.26, and at state 2, p
R2
5 0.16, T
R2
5 3.51. Referring to
Fig. A-1, we conclude that at these states Z
1, as assumed in the solution.
➌ In principle, the work could be evaluated through
p d
, but because the
variation of pressure at the piston face with volume is not known, the inte-
gration cannot be performed without more information.
Replacing air by carbon dioxide, but keeping all other problem
statement details the same, evaluate work, in Btu. Ans.
2
125.1 Btu
Ability to…
❑
define a closed system and
identify interactions on its
boundary.
❑
apply the energy balance
using the ideal gas model.
✓
Skills Developed
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