Consider a fully adiabatic piston-cylinder arrangement as shown in the figure. The piston is massless and cross-sectional area of the cylinder is 𝐴. The fluid inside the cylinder is air (considered as a perfect gas), with γ being the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume for air. The piston is initially located at a position 𝐿1. The initial pressure of the air inside the cylinder is 𝑃₁ ≫ 𝑃₀, where 𝑃₀ is the atmospheric pressure. The stop S₁ is instantaneously removed and the piston moves to the position 𝐿₂, where the
equilibrium pressure of air inside the cylinder is 𝑃₂ ≫ 𝑃₀.

What is the work done by the piston on the atmosphere during this process?

A rigid tank of volume of 8 m³ is being filled up with air from a pipeline connected through a valve. Initially the valve is closed and the tank is assumed to be completely evacuated. The air pressure and temperature inside the pipeline are maintained at 600 kPa and 306 K, respectively. The filling of the tank begins by opening the valve and the process ends when the tank pressure is equal to the pipeline pressure. During the filling process, heat loss to the surrounding is 1000 kJ. The specific heats of air at constant pressure and at constant volume are 1.005 kJ/kg.K and 0.718 kJ/kg.K, respectively. Neglect changes in kinetic energy and potential energy.

The final temperature of the tank after the completion of the filling process is ________ K (round off to the nearest integer). 

An engine running on an air standard Otto cycle has a displacement volume 250 cm³ and a clearance volume 35.7 cm³. The pressure and temperature at the beginning of the compression process are 100 kPa and 300 K, respectively. Heat transfer during constant-volume heat addition process is 800 kJ/kg. The specific heat at constant volume is 0.718 kJ/kg.K and the ratio of specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume is 1.4. Assume the specific heats to remain constant during the cycle. The maximum pressure in the cycle is ______ kPa (round off to the nearest integer).

A calorically perfect gas (specific heat at constant pressure $$1000$$$$J/kg.K$$) enters and leaves a gas turbine with the same velocity. The temperatures of the gas at turbine entry and exit are $$1100K$$ and $$400K.$$ respectively. The power produced is $$4.6MW$$ and heat escapes at the rate of $$300kJ/s$$ through the turbine casing. The mass flow rate of the gas (in $$kg/s$$) through the turbine is.