A Carnot engine operates with air, using the cycle shown. Determine the thermal efficiency (in percentage...
A gasoline engine operates on the air standard Otto cycle. The air intake to the engine is at 300K and 95kPa (State 1). The air is compressed in the engine to an unknown pressure. Heat is then added during combustion at an amount of 1100 kJ/kg. At the end of the heat addition process, the temperature reaches 2200K. Compute the following: (a) the temperature at the end of the compression process, (b) the volumetric compression ratio of this engine, (c)...
4. A4.6 L spark ignition engine operates on the ideal Otto cycle with a compression ratio of 10. At the beginning of the compression process the air is at 107 kPa and 21 C. The maximum cycle temperature is 1116°C. Accounting for variable specific heats, determine: (a) the heat addition per cycle in kJ. Ans: 3.368 kJ (b) the net work per cycle in kJ. Ans: 1.907 kJ (c) the mean effective pressure in kPa. Ans: 460.6 kPa (d) the...
Q25) A Carnot cycle heat engine operates between 337 K and 590 K. Its efficiency is ____%.
Problem 2:2* (Carnot Cycle Application) Two kilograms of air within a piston-cylinder assembly execute a Carnot power cycle with maximum and minimum temperatures of 750 K and 300 K, respectively. The heat transfer to the air during the isothermal expansion is 60 kJ. At the end of the isothermal expansion, the pressure is 600 kPa. Assuming the ideal gas model for the air, determine (a) The thermal efficiency. (b) The Pressure and volume at the beginning of the isothermal expansion,...
2. Air enters the compressor of a regenerative gas turbine engine at 310 K and 100 kPa, where it is compressed to 900 kPa and 650 K. The regenerator has an effectiveness of 80%and the air enters the turbine at 1400 K. For a turbine isentropic efficiency of 90%, , then: (a) Sketch the T-s diagram of the cycle. (b) Determine the amount of heat transfer in the regenerator (c) Calculate the thermal efficiency of the cycle (d) Determine the...
Problem 1 The work output (1000 kJ) and thermal efficiency of a Carnot heat engine (50%) are given. The heat supplied to the heat engine, the heat rejected and the temperature of heat sink are to be determined 1200 C Qn 5096 HE1000 kJ sink
An air-standard Brayton cycle includes a regenerator which is shown in the below figure. The air enters the compressor at 100 kPa, 20℃. The pressure ratio across the compressor is 9:1. The highest temperature in the cycle is 1100℃, and the flow rate of the air is 10 kg/s. The regenerator operates at effectiveness 80 percent. Both the efficiencies of the turbine and the compressor are 85%. Do not use Table A-22. Assuming constant specific heat ( cp = 1.004...
Describe a Carnot engine cycle in terms of the entropy function and show that the thermal efficiency is 5. T,-T, T. Discuss the significance of this relation for energy conversion processes.
Solve the following problem in Thermodynamics: Carnot Cycle A heat engine receives heat from a source at 2000 K at a rate of 500 kW, and rejects the waste heat to a medium at 300 K. The net output from the engine is 300 kW. Determine the maximum energy that can be driven out of the engine theoretically using Carnot Cycle. Compare the observed work-efficiency with the expected efficiency of the heat engine? How much energy is lost due to...
3. An ideal Carnot engine has an input of 150 J of heat per cycle at its high-temperature reservoir, which is maintained at 135 °C. The engine has a thermal efficiency of 22.0%. a. How much work does this engine do per cycle? b. How much heat does this engine output to its low-temperature reservoir per cycle? c. What is the temperature of the low-temperature reservoir? d. How many cycles would this engine have to go through to lift a...