Unit-3: First Law of Thermodynamics
Completion requirements
Exercise: Expression for Net work of a cyclic process:
Exercise:
Expression for Net work of a cyclic
process:
An
ideal gas is carried through a thermodynamic cycle consisting of two isobaric
and two isothermal processes, as shown in the figure. Show that the net work
done in the entire cycle is given by the equation:
Wnet = P1(V1-V2)
ln(P2/P1)
