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Chapter 20, Problem 60P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 60P
A TS-Diagram. (a) Graph a Carnot cycle, plotting Kelvin temperature vertically and entropy horizontally. This is called a temperature-entropy diagram, or T.S-diagram. (b) Show that the area under any curve representing a reversible path in a temperature-entropy diagram represents the heal absorbed by the system. (c) Derive from your diagram the expression for the thermal efficiency of a Carnot cycle. (d) Draw a temperature-entropy diagram for the Stirling cycle described. Use this diagram to relate the efficiencies of the Carnot and Stirling cycles.
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Problem 60P
A TS-Diagram. (a) Graph a Carnot cycle, plotting Kelvin temperature vertically and entropy horizontally. This is called a temperature-entropy diagram, or T.S-diagram. (b) Show that the area under any curve representing a reversible path in a temperature-entropy diagram represents the heal absorbed by the system. (c) Derive from your diagram the expression for the thermal efficiency of a Carnot cycle. (d) Draw a temperature-entropy diagram for the Stirling cycle described. Use this diagram to relate the efficiencies of the Carnot and Stirling cycles.
ANSWER:Solution 60P
a)
The temperature vs entropy diagram is given below.
b)
We know that,
------------------------(1)
This is the universal definition of temperature.
As this is an exact differential we can write it as,
-----------------(2)
This is the heat added to the system or the differential heat element.