Supervisor : Dr. NAZEER ANJUM DEPARTMENET : Electrical Engineering
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UNIVERSITY OF WAH An adiabatic process is one in which no heat is gained or lost by the system. The first law of thermodynamics with Q=0 shows that all the change in internal energy is in the form of work done. This puts a constraint on the heat engine process leading to the adiabatic conditionshown below. This condition can be used to derive the expression for the work done during an adiabatic process. An adiabatic process is the one in which heat is prevented from crossing the boundary of the system. i.e. no heat is transferred to or from the fluid during the process. That is, an adiabatic process is one undergone by a system which is thermally insulated from its surroundings. From the non-flow energy equation Q+ W = u2-u1 For an adiabatic process Q = 0, we have W = -(u2-u1) This equation is true for an adiabatic non- flow process whether or not the process is reversible. In an adiabatic compression process all the work done on the fluid goes to increasing the internal energy of the fluid. Similarly in an adiabatic expansion process, the work done by the fluid is at the expense of a reduction in the internal energy of the fluid. A reversible adiabatic process is called isentropic (constant entropy) process. For a vapor undergoing a reversible adiabatic process the work done can be found from equation given above by evaluating u1 and u2 from. For a perfect gas a law relating p and v has been obtained for a reversible adiabatic process as : pv(gamma) = constant Each perfect gas undergoing a reversible adiabatic process have its own value of (gamma) . Adiabatic reversible process is applied in the designing of insulated walls in adiabatic flame temperature.
An insulated wall acts as adiabatic
boundary that does not allow heat transfer becomes impermeable the system is called to be adiabatically insulated. A process that is reversible and adiabatic is called an adiabatic reversible process. An adiabatic process is a thermodynamic process where there is no heat transfer.
The term "adiabatic" literally means
impassable or impermeable. Adiabatic systems are thermally insulated systems so they do not let out or let in heat during the process. A reversible process is a process wherein quantity of heat transferred is directly proportional to the systems entropy change. Since there is no entropy change, the heat transferred is zero. Thus this process is an adiabatic reversible process. These processes are also called iso entropic processes. It is a thermodynamic process which takes place in a closed system and has no fluid flow and flow work=0. There is no interaction in the system during the process. Non flow process for a perfect gas is: Heating at Constant volume Also know as Isochoric Process. 1 kg of steam at 100 bar and 357 C° expands reversibly in a perfactly thermally insulated cylinder behind a piston until the pressure is 38 bar and the steam is then dry saturated . Calculate the work done ?