Illustration 3.4-5 Continued, Using the Entropy Balance Instead of the Energy Balance
A gas cylinder of 1 m ^{3} volume containing nitrogen initially at a pressure of 40 bar and a temperature of 200 K is connected to another cylinder of 1 m ^{3} volume, which is evacuated. A valve between the two cylinders is opened only until the pressure in both cylinders equalizes and then is closed. Find the final temperature and pressure in each cylinder if there is no heat flow into or out of the cylinders, or between the gas and the cylinder walls. The properties of nitrogen gas are given in Fig. 3.3-3.