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Chemical Engineering · Q40

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Engineering and GATE · Chemical Engineering · question 40

Q40

A gas performs the maximum work, when it expands

A.
Non-uniformly
B.
Adiabatically
C.
Isobarically
Answer
D.
Isothermally

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
The Isobaric, isothermal and adiabatic process represented in as the following.
Since, area under   plot for isobaric process is more than the isothermal and adiabatic process the work done in isobaric process is highest.