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Chapter 5 Problem 5184

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A pistoncylinder device initially contains 2 kg of refrigerant-134a at 800 kPa and 808C. At this state, the piston is touching on a pair of stops at the top. The mass of the piston is such that a 500-kPa pressure is required to move it. A valve at the bottom of the tank is opened, and R-134a is withdrawn from the cylinder. After a while, the piston is observed to move and the valve is closed when half of the refrigerant is withdrawn from the tank and the temperature in the tank drops to 208C. Determine (a) the work done and (b) the heat transfer.

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Title Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach  8 
Author Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles
ISBN 9780073398174

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