Practice - Work input for polytropic compression
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Practice Questions
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What is a polytropic process?
💡 Hint: Think about how pressure and volume are related.
Identify the parameters in the work input formula.
💡 Hint: What do each of these symbols represent in terms of pressure and volume?
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What equation represents the relation in a polytropic process?
💡 Hint: Recall the definition of a polytropic process.
True or False: Increasing the polytropic index reduces work input in a compression system.
💡 Hint: Consider how 'n' impacts the nature of gas behavior.
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Using a two-stage compressor, if P1 = 100 kPa and P2 = 400 kPa with V1 = 0.5 m^3 and n = 1.3, calculate the work input for both stages.
💡 Hint: Use the formula for each stage's parameters individually.
Explain how inter-stage cooling could further reduce your calculated work input from the previous problem.
💡 Hint: Consider the principles of thermodynamics in compression.
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