Skip to content Exergic.in Online courses for GATE Home Online Content TE18 Test Series Revision & Crash Course Question Bank Shortcuts to convert P-v diagram into T-s diagram 1 Comment / THERMO / By Exergic Most of you might have faced problems while converting P-v diagram into T-s diagram. In this post I will be sharing some shortcuts using which you can easily convert any P-v diagram into T-s diagram. Tam starting with basic process and then discuss polytropic process in the end. isothermal proces: Note that constant temperature line is drawn such that entropy has decreased. Why? Why not along increasing entropy? Keep this funda in mind thatincrease/decrease in entropy in T-s diagram is determined only by a single phenomenon : Heat addition/rejection Ifheat is being added, entropy will increase. If heat is being rejected, entropy will decrease. | -2 is compression still temperature is same. Using first law, this is possible only if the system is rejecting heat, so entropy should also decrease. 2s 2. Isentropic process: Note that constant entropy (rev adiabatic) line is drawn such that temperature has increased. Why? Why not along decreasing temperature? You have to see this from the process on P-v. It is an adiabatic compression, so T will increase. If it was adiabatic expansion, T would have decreased. P 2, ' 7 S96 ee 1 Vv s 3. Constant volume process: Slope of constant volume line on T-s diagram = T / Cv. This knowledge will be all to convert isometric (v=c) process from P-v into T-s. See Image.2 1 v . oa « Slepe> ste Th Sipe f & Soper > SHOL cuQr¢ 4. Constant pressure process: Slope of constant volume line on T-s diagram = T/Cp This knowledge will be all to convert isometric (p=c) process from P-v into T-s. See Image. Note that on T-s diagram, slope of constant volume line is more than slope of constant pressure since T/Cv > T/Cpe* = x 2 3 clepe e fo ote TH Sipe f %, Slobe @ 2 ? slepe@ 1 shpe@} L 5. Polytropic process: Use the funda of polytropic specific heat in determining this. Polytropic Specific Heat n mee n C potyropic = - fr 1 Y, polytropic specific heat will be +ve From the relation Q= meAT, if ¢ is positive, increase in T will increase Q (so increase entropy) and decrease in T will decrease Q (so decrease entropy). It means if n>gamma, then T and $ will have same characteristic. Learn more such shortcuts which are not taught in any coaching: Enrolled students of Exergic rated their overall experience 4.9 out of 5.0 in previously conducted survey. (learn.exergic.in Post navigation <= Previous Post Next Post > | thought on “Shortcuts to convert P-v diagram into T-s diagram” Kumar Rajesh March 25, 2017 at 6:02 pm thank you very much sir.