Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach 8th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0-07339-817-9
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Chapter 12 - Thermodynamic Property Relations - Problems - Page 683: 12-84

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The definition for enthalpy is $$ h=u+P v $$ Then, $$ \left(\frac{\partial h}{\partial P}\right)_T=\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial P}\right)_T+P\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T+v\left(\frac{\partial P}{\partial P}\right)_T $$ Assume $u=u(s, v)$ Then, $$ \begin{aligned} & d u=\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial s}\right)_v d s+\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial v}\right)_s d v \\ & \left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial P}\right)_T=\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial s}\right)_v\left(\frac{\partial s}{\partial P}\right)_T+\left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial v}\right)_x\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T \\ & \left(\frac{\partial u}{\partial P}\right)_T=T\left[-\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial T}\right)_P\right]-P\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T=-(T+P)\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T \\ & \left(\frac{\partial h}{\partial P}\right)_T=-(T+P)\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T+P\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T+v=-T\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T+v \end{aligned} $$ For ideal gases $$ v=\frac{R T}{P} \text { and }\left(\frac{\partial v}{\partial P}\right)_T=\frac{R}{P} $$ Then, $$ \left(\frac{\partial h}{\partial P}\right)_T=-\frac{T R}{P}+v=-v+v=0 $$
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