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Chapter 6 Problem 6.167

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A tank initially containing air at 30 atm and 10008R is connected to a small turbine. Air discharges from the tank through the turbine, which produces work in the amount of 100 Btu. The pressure in the tank falls to 3 atm during the process and the turbine exhausts to the atmosphere at 1 atm. Employing the ideal gas model for the air with k = 14 and ignoring irreversibilities within the tank and the turbine, determine the volume of the tank, in ft\(^{3}\). Heat transfer with the atmosphere and changes in kinetic and potential energy are negligible.

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Title Fundamentals of Engineering Thermodynamics 8 
Author Michael J. Moran
ISBN 9781118412930

A tank initially containing air at 30 atm and 10008R is

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