15. An air-standard, ideal gas cycle with limited-pressure combustion is used to evaluate an idea...
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)...
Use variable specific heats. An air-standard dual cycle has a compression ratio of 14 and cut-off ratio of 1.2. The pressure ratio during constant volume heat addition (process 2-X) is 1.5. Determine the: (A) Thermal efficiency (B) Amount of heat added (C) Maximum gas pressure and temperature when the cycle is operated at 80kPA and 20°C at the beginning of the compression. Use variable specific heats.
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...
Required information An ideal Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8. At the beginning of the compression process, air is at 95 kPa and 27 and 720 kJ/kg of heat is transferred to air during the constant volume heat addition process. Take into account the variation of specific heats with temperature. The gas constant of air is R=0.287 kJ/kg.K. Determine the network output (You must provide an answer before moving on to the next part.) The net work output...
An ideal dual combustion cycle operates on 454 kg. of air. At the beginning of compression, the air is at 96.53 kPa, 43.3-degree Celsius. Pressure ratio is equal to 1.5, cut-off ratio is 1.6, and compression ratio is 11. Using the air properties, determine (a) the percentage clearance (b) the pressure, the volume, and the temperature at each corner of the cycle, (c) Heat added, Heat rejected, and work net, (d) the thermal efficiency (e) the MEP in kPa.
Q1 Otto Cycle Bookwork Question An air standard Otto cycle:- 1. Draws air from the environment at 100 kPa and 5°C. 2. The cycle has a compression ratio of 9.2: 1. 3. Heat (880 kJ/kg) is added to the compressed gases at constant volume. 4. The working fluid is air, a perfect gas with ratio of specific heats y = 1.4 and gas constant R = 287 J/kgk. Follow the instructions below: a) Describe each of the four processes from...
1. A combined gas-steam power cycle uses a single gas turbine cycle for the air cycle and a simple Rankine cycle for the water vapor cycle. Atmospheric air enters the compressor at a rate of 88.2 lbm / s, at 14.7 psia and 59 ° F, and the maximum gas cycle temperature is 1,742 ° F. The pressure ratio in the compressor is 7. The isentropic efficiency of both the compressor and the turbine is 80%. Gas exits the heat...
Calculate without constant specific heat (Cp). An air-standard dual cycle has a compression ratio of 14 and cut-off ratio of 1.2. The pressure ratio during constant volume heat addition is 1.5. Determine the: (A) Thermal efficiency (B) Amount of heat added (C) Maximum gas pressure and temperature when the cycle is operated at 80kPA and 20°C at the beginning of the compression.
Air at 14.7 psia, 40 oF enters an ideal four-stroke Diesel cycle with a compression ratio of 20 and a displacement of 300 in3. It runs at 2100 RPM and the maximum temperature is 3300 oF. The fuel has an energy content of 19,360 Btu/lbm. a. The power output of the engine in Hp b. The cycle thermal efficiency c. The fuel consumption rate in lbm/hr
he pressure and temperature at the beginning of compression of a cold air-standard Diesel cycle are 100 kPa and 300 K, respectively. At the end of the heat addition, the pressure is 7.2 MPa and the temperature is 2250 K. Assume constant specific heats evaluated at 300 K. Determine: (a) the compression ratio. (b) the cutoff ratio. (c) the percent thermal efficiency of the cycle. (d) the mean effective pressure, in kPa.