Question: 3 . ( 4 0 points ) 1 . 2 kg of air ( left ( mathrm { R } = 0

3.(40 points)1.2 kg of air \(\left(\mathrm{R}=0.287\mathrm{~kJ}/\mathrm{kg}^{*}\mathrm{~K},\mathrm{C}_{\mathrm{P}}=1.2\mathrm{~kJ}/\mathrm{kg}^{*}\mathrm{~K}\right)\) is initially contained in a piston-cylinder at 300 K and 100 kPa (state 1). The air undergoes the following processes:
1-2: Isothermal compression to one-fourth of the initial volume
2-3: Isochoric heat addition to a maximum temperature of 1000 K
3-4: Isothermal expansion to the initial pressure
4-1: Isobaric compression to the initial state
Use specific heats for air as an ideal gas at room temperature conditions.
(a)(6 points) Sketch the cycle on a P-V diagram.
(b)(12 points) Calculate the temperature, pressure, and volume at each state in the cycle. HINT: You do not need to go through the cycle states in numerical order - carefully determine which values are known first from the given information, and relate between states using the known processes.
(c)(12 points) Calculate the change in internal energy, work, and heat transfers for each process in the cycle.
(d)(5 points) Calculate the cycle thermal efficiency.
(e)(5 points) Calculate the second law efficiency of the cycle, assuming that heat is received at the maximum temperature in the cycle and rejected to the minimum temperature in the cycle.
3 . ( 4 0 points ) 1 . 2 kg of air \ ( \ left ( \

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