Question: Problem 3 A rigid insulated container has two rooms separated by a membrane. Room A contains 1 kg air at 2 0 0 C and

Problem 3 A rigid insulated container has two rooms separated by a membrane. Room A contains 1 kg air at 200C and room B has 1.5 kg air at 20C, both rooms at 100 kPa . Consider two different processes, set each process up as a separate solution.
3.1) Heat transfer between A and B creates a final uniform T.
3.2) The membrane breaks and the air comes to a uniform state.
For both processes:
a) find the final temperature,
b) find the final pressure(s)
c) find the entropy generation.
d) Case 1 has less entropy generated and hence more potential to do work. How is the final state for case 1 able to potentially do more work than the final state of case 2?
e) For each case draw the process on a Pv diagram and on a Ts diagram. Use a separate graph for each case.
You must use specific heat capacities and the ideal gas law for this problem, not tables.
Problem 3 A rigid insulated container has two

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