Question: a ) A piston - cylinder device contains 0 . 4 m 3 of air at 3 5 0 kPa . Air is heated isobarically

a) A piston-cylinder device contains 0.4m3 of air at 350 kPa . Air is heated isobarically till its volume doubles.
i. Determine the work in kJ and 3s.f.
[1 marks]
ii. Use units and show how you validated your result.
[2 marks]
b) A scientist claims to have developed a refrigerator that produces a 350 kW cooling effect for a 3C cooling zone while only using 70 kW of power and removing the heat to the surroundings at 25C.
i. Justify the validity of this claim with your calculation.
[2 marks]
c) A standing person is modelled as a 35 cm diameter, 170 cm long vertical cylinder. Both top and bottom surfaces are insulated. The side surface at an average temperature of 36C. Convection heat transfer coefficient is 16Wm2C. The emissivity of his clothes is 0.92. The Stefan-Boltzmann constant is 5.67010-8Wm2*K4. Determine:
i. the rate of total heat loss to the environment at 20C.
[2 marks]
d)2.5 kg of water at 20C is to be heated to 95C in a 3 kW kettle. The specific heat of water is 4.18kJkgK. The kettle is 1 kg and has an average specific heat of 0.8kJkgK. Consider heat losses negligible.
i. Find how long it will take for the water to be heated.
[3 marks]
ii. If the same amount of water takes 10 minutes to heat-up, calculate the heat losses in kJ.
[2 marks]
a ) A piston - cylinder device contains 0 . 4 m 3

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