What is the Efficiency of a Gas Machine in an A->B->C Change?

[the_man]

Homework Statement

The task is to get Q, that gas has received through A-B-C change?
Second task is to get usefulness of the machine?

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Homework Equations

W=pV

The Attempt at a Solution

If I use W=pV i get 0 from A->B so i can't get usefulness. No idea.

 

[grzz]

To get the heat energy in or out of system one requires the value of the number of moles of gas and the gas constant R or the temperatures at some points on the graph.

 

[the_man]

So from A->B formula is PV=nRT then I get dT=((p2-p1)*v1)/nR?

from B->C formula is W=p2(v2*v1) and with ideal gas dT=(p2(v2-v1))/nR?

But how to get Q from that?

 

[grzz]

So from A->B formula is PV=nRT then I get dT=((p2-p1)*v1)/nR?

from B->C formula is W=p2(v2*v1) and with ideal gas dT=(p2(v2-v1))/nR?

But how to get Q from that?

from A->B formula is PV=nRT then I get dT=((p2-p1)*v1)/nR ...yes

from B->C formula is W=p2(v2*v1) ...replace * by -

dT=(p2(v2-v1))/nR ...yes

To get the heat transfer one can use \DeltaU = \DeltaQ + \DeltaW where U is the internal energy.

 

[the_man]

okay man, thanks!