Hot gas enters a unit at 10 bar and 350 °C and exits at 1 bar and 40 °C. The pro

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Hot gas enters a unit at 10 bar and 350 °C and exits at 1 bar and 40 °C. The process produces a net amount of work equal to 4,500 J/mol and it exchanges an unknown amount of heat with the surroundings.

a) As a young and ambitious engineer you seek ways to improve the process. What is the maximum amount of work that you could extract from this system?

b) How might you go about decreasing the lost work of the actual process to approach the maximum amount of work?

c) (If applicable), state how you would verify the validity of any assumptions you make in solving this problem.

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