Paper 1, Section II, E
Write down the equation of state and the internal energy of a monatomic ideal gas.
Describe the meaning of an adiabatic process. Derive the equation for an adiabatic process in the pressure-volume plane for a monatomic ideal gas.
Briefly describe the Carnot cycle. Sketch the Carnot cycle in the plane and in the temperature entropy plane.
The Diesel cycle is an idealised version of the process realised in the Diesel engine. It consists of the following four reversible steps:
Sketch the Diesel cycle for a monatomic gas in the plane and the plane. Determine the equations for the curves and in the plane.
The efficiency of the cycle is defined as
where is the heat entering the gas in step and is the heat leaving the gas in step . Calculate as a function of the temperatures at points and .