A cycle followed by an engine (made of one mole of an ideal gas in a cylinder with a piston) is shown in Fig.. Find heat exchanged by the engine, with the surroundings for each section of the cycle. (Cv = (3/2) R)

AB : constant volume

BC : constant pressure

CD : adiabatic

DA : constant pressure 

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(a) For process AB

Volume is constant , hence work done dW=0

dQ=dU+dW=dU+0=dU

 = nC_vdT= nC_v(T_B-T_A)

 = $\frac{3}{2}R\left(T_B-T_A\right)$

= $\frac{3}{2}\left(R{T}_B-R{T}_A\right)=\frac{3}{2}\left(P_B{V}_B-P_A{V}_A\right)$

Heat exchanged = $\frac{3}{2}\left(P_B{V}_B-P_A{V}_A\right)$

(b) For process BC , p =constant

dQ= dU+dW  = $\frac{3}{2}R\left(T_C-T_B\right)+P_B(V_C-V_B)$

heat exchanged = $\frac{5}{2}{P}_B\left(V_C{-V}_A\right)$

(c) For process CD , because CD is adiabatic