Problem on the throttling process


Solve the following problem:

A cylinder with rigid well-insulated walls is divided into two parts by a rigid insulating wall with a small hole in it. A frictionless, insulated piston is held against the perforated partition, thus preventing the gas that is on the other side from seeping through the hole. The gas is maintained at a pressure Pi by another frictionless insulated piston. Imagine both pistons to move simultaneously in such a way that, as the gas streams through the hole, the pressure remains at a constant value Pi on one side of the dividing wall and at a constant lower value Pf on the other side, until all the gas is forced through the hole.

(Note: this process is called a throttling process.) Prove that

Ui + PiVi = Uf + PfVf

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