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Homework Statement I'm probably over thinking this question. An ideal gas is placed in a thin walled aluminum cylinder and slowly compressed to 25% of its original volume. The process is best described as adiabatic, isothermal, isochoric, or isobaric? Homework Equations none The...

Homework Statement A steam driven turbine generates 200 MW of mechanical power at tan eficiency of 32%. The temperature of the steam at the input is 500 C, and at the output it is 200C a: How much power is input as heat to run this turbine? b: How much power is lost in hear to the...