Find the entropy production and determine if the cycle operates irreverisbly, reverisbly, or impossibly. A refrigeration cycle operates between the freezer compartment at 268K and the ambient air at 295K. The rate of heat transfer from the freezer compartment is 8000 kJ/h and the power input for the cycle is 3200 kJ/h. Determine the entropy production for this cycle in kJ/K·h (do not convert h to s). Enter the answer without units, but with a minus sign if applicable. This cycle operates     irreversibly     reversibly     impossibly.

Consider a variation of the Carnot cycle in a closed system with 10 kg of pure water operating. ranging between temperatures of 130 C and 350 ◦C. State 1 is a saturated liquid. Process 1-2 is a isothermal expansion with a supply of QH = 10 MJ. Process 2-3 is an adiabatic expansion with isentropic efficiency from 0.75 to minimum temperature. Process 3-4 is a compression isothermal, and the 4-1 process is a reversible adiabatic compression. Calculate: a. The pressure p2, the bonds x4 and x3, and the specific entropies s1 and s3; b. The work in each expansion and compression process; c. The heat rejected QL, the net work produced Wl i q and the yield η of the cycle; d. The entropy generated Sg in the cycle

The working gas of a thermodynamic cycle is a diatomic gas (assume constant specific heats.) The gas originally starts at 100kPa, 4m 3 and 27° C. It undergoes a four-step process --- • Process A-B: The gas is compressed at constant temperature to one-quarter of its original volume. • Process B-C: The volume of the gas is then doubled at constant pressure. • Process C-D: The gas then undergoes an adiabatic expansion. • Process D-A: The gas then undergoes a constant volume process back to its original state a) Make a table of the temperature, pressure, volume, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy and quality factor (T, P, V, U, H & S) at the start of each process. b) Make a table of the change in internal energy, heat flow, work done, change in enthalpy, and change in entropy (AU, Q, W, AH & AS) during each leg of the cycle. c) Draw well-labelled P-V & T-S diagrams (indicating lines of constant temperature, heat flow, work, etc.) d) Calculate the thermal efficiency of the cycle.

A Carnot Power Cycle Operates on 2 lb of air between the limits of 70°F and 500°F . The pressure at the beginning of the isothermal expansion is 400 psia and at the end of isothermal expansion is 185 psig. Determine a.the volume at the end of the isothermal compression b.Change in entropy during the isothermal process c.heat added