consider two devices: a pump through which liquid water passes
and a compressor through which water vapor passes. For the same pressure rise, the
pump requires a much smaller work input per unit of mass flowing than the compressor
because the liquid specific volume is much smaller than that of vapor. This conclusion
is also qualitatively correct for actual pumps and compressors, where irreversibilities are
present during operation.
b b b b b
If the specific volume remains approximately constant, as in many applications
with liquids, Eq. 6.51b becomes
a
W
cv
m
#
b
int
rev
52y1p
2
2 p
1
2
1y 5 constant, ¢ke 5 ¢pe 5 02
(6.51c)
Equation 6.51a also can be applied to study the performance of control volumes
at steady state in which W
is zero, as in the case of nozzles and diffusers. For any
such case, the equation becomes
#
2
1
y dp 1 a
V
2
2
2 V
2
1
2
b1 g1z
2
2 z
1
25 0
(6.52)
which is a form of the Bernoulli equation frequently used in fluid mechanics.
Bernoulli equation
6.13.3
Work In Polytropic Processes
We have identified an internally reversible process described by py
n
5 constant,
where n is a constant, as a polytropic process (see Sec. 3.15 and the discussion of Fig.
6.10). If each unit of mass passing through a one-inlet, one-exit control volume under-
goes a polytropic process, then introducing py
n
5 constant in Eq. 6.51b, and performing
the integration, gives the work per unit of mass in the absence of internal irrevers-
ibilities and significant changes in kinetic and potential energy. That is,
a
W
?
cv
m
#
b
int
r
52
#
2
1
y dp 521constant2
1
y
n
#
2
1
d
p
p
1
y
n
52
n
2 1
1p
2
y
2
2 p
1
y
1
2
1polytropic, n ? 12
(6.53)
BIOCONNECTIONS Bats, the only mammals that can fly, play several impor-
tant ecological roles, including feeding on crop-damaging insects. Currently, nearly one-
quarter of bat species is listed as endangered or threatened. For unknown reasons,
bats are attracted to large wind turbines, where some perish by impact and others from hem-
orrhaging. Near rapidly moving turbine blades there is a drop in air pressure that expands the
lungs of bats, causing fine capillaries to burst and their lungs to fill with fluid, killing them.
The relationship between air velocity and pressure in these instances is captured by the
following differential form of Eq. 6.52, the Bernoulli equation:
y dp 5 2
V dV
which shows that as the local velocity V increases, the local pressure p decreases. The pressure
reduction near the moving turbine blades is the source of peril to bats.
Some say migrating bats experience most of the fatalities, so the harm may be decreased
at existing wind farms by reducing turbine operation during peak migration periods. New
wind farms should be located away from known migratory routes.
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