Question: Air in a piston / cylinder device undergoes a continuous cycle as shown here: from State 1 to State 2 to State 3 to State

Air in a piston/cylinder device undergoes a continuous cycle as shown here: from State 1 to State 2 to State 3 to State 1 to State 2, etc... The air cycles between two pressures 160
kPa and 390 kPa and two specific volumes. The first process in the cycle (1-2) is an isothermal process at 350 K . Assuming that air can be treated as an ideal gas, determine the
following.
(c) Ex-N6-5m Niel Crews, 2013
a)vlow
m3(kg)
b)vhi
m3(kg)
c) the boundary work for Process 1(State 1 to State 2)
kJkg
d) the boundary work for Process 2(State 2 to State 3)
kJkg
e) the boundary work for Process 3(State 3 to State 1)
kJkg
f) total work done on the air for each complete cycle (BE CAREFUL. You are asked for the work done on the air, not by the air.)
kJkg
Air in a piston / cylinder device undergoes a

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