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JEE Advanced 2022 — Paper 1 — Question 29

An ideal gas of density ρ=0.2 kg m−3\rho=0.2 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3} enters a chimney of height h at the rate of

α=0.8 kg s−1\alpha=0.8 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~s}^{-1} from its lower end, and escapes through the upper end as shown in the figure.

The cross-sectional area of the lower end is A1=0.1 m2\mathrm{A}_{1}=0.1 \mathrm{~m}^{2} and the upper end is

A2=0.4 m2\mathrm{A}_{2}=0.4 \mathrm{~m}^{2}. The pressure and the temperature of the gas at the lower end are 600 Pa and 300 K ,

respectively, while its temperature at the upper end is 150 K . The chimney is heat insulated so that the gas undergoes adiabatic expansion.

Take g=10 ms−2g=10 \mathrm{~ms}^{-2} and the ratio of specific heats of the gas γ=2\gamma=2. Ignore atmospheric pressure.

Which of the following statement(s) is(are) correct?

Question figure
  1. Option A:

    The pressure of the gas at the upper end of the chimney is 300 Pa .

  2. Option B:

    The velocity of the gas at the lower end of the chimney is 40 ms−140 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1} and at the upper end is 20 ms−120 \mathrm{~ms}^{-1}.

    Correct
  3. Option C:

    The height of the chimney is 590 m .

  4. Option D:

    The density of the gas at the upper end is 0.05 kg m−30.05 \mathrm{~kg} \mathrm{~m}^{-3}

Answer: B

Step-by-step solution

P1−γTγ={{\text{P}}^{1-\gamma }}{{\text{T}}^{\gamma }}= Const.

P2=150  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ Pa#(1)\begin{matrix}{{\text{P}}_{2}}=150\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }Pa\#\left( 1 \right) \\\end{matrix}

dmdt=ρ1  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ A1v1\frac{\text{dm}}{\text{dt}}={{\rho }_{1}}\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }{{\text{A}}_{1}}{{\text{v}}_{1}}

v1=40  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ m/s#(2)\begin{matrix}{{\text{v}}_{1}}=40\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }m/s\#\left( 2 \right) \\\end{matrix}

ρ=PMRT\rho =\frac{\text{PM}}{\text{RT}}

ρ2=0.1Kg/m3#(3)\begin{matrix}{{\rho }_{2}}=0.1Kg/{{\text{m}}^{3}}\#\left( 3 \right) \\\end{matrix}

ρ1A1v1=ρ2  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ A2v2{{\rho }_{1}}{{A}_{1}}{{\text{v}}_{1}}={{\rho }_{2}}\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }{{\text{A}}_{2}}{{\text{v}}_{2}}

v2=20  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ m/s#(4)\begin{matrix}{{\text{v}}_{2}}=20\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }m/s\#\left( 4 \right) \\\end{matrix}

From work energy theorem, P1A1v1dt−ρ2A2V2dt+ρ1A1v1dtg(0)−ρ2A2v2dtg(h){{P}_{1}}{{A}_{1}}{{v}_{1}}dt-{{\rho }_{2}}{{A}_{2}}{{V}_{2}}dt+{{\rho }_{1}}{{A}_{1}}{{v}_{1}}dtg\left( 0 \right)-{{\rho }_{2}}{{A}_{2}}{{v}_{2}}dtg\left( h \right) =12ρ2A2v2dt22−12ρ1  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ A1v1dtv12+1γ−1[P2  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ A2v2dt−P1  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ A1v1dt]=\frac{1}{2}{{\rho }_{2}}{{A}_{2}}{{\text{v}}_{2}}\text{dt}_{2}^{2}-\frac{1}{2}{{\rho }_{1}}\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }{{\text{A}}_{1}}{{\text{v}}_{1}}\text{dtv}_{1}^{2}+\frac{1}{\gamma -1}\left[ {{\text{P}}_{2}}\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }{{\text{A}}_{2}}{{\text{v}}_{2}}\text{dt}-{{\text{P}}_{1}}\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ }{{\text{A}}_{1}}{{\text{v}}_{1}}\text{dt} \right] h=360  ⁣ ⁣  ⁣ ⁣ m\text{h}=360\text{ }\!\!~\!\!\text{ m}.

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Exam
JEE Advanced 2022
Paper
Paper 1
Subject
Physics
Chapter
Thermodynamics
Topic
Different Thermodynamic Processes