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A Carnot cycle has a maximum temperature of 550°F and minimum temperature of 100°F.

If the heat added is 4200


Btu/min, what is the horsepower output of the engine?

Ans. 44.1 1 3 hp

A Carnot cycle operates between the temperature limits of 300 K and 1500 K, and produces 600 kW of net power.
What is the rate of entropy change of the working fluid in the heat addition process?

Ans. 0.5 kW / K

Two Carnot engines operate in series such that the heat rejected from one is the heat input to the other. The heat
transfer from the high-temperature reservoir is 500 kJ. If the overall temperature limits are 1000 K and 400 K and
both engines produces equal work, determine the intermediate temperature between the two engines. Ans.
700 K
An ideal Otto cycle operates with a temperature of 370 °C at the end of the compression process, a maximum
temperature of 1510 °C and a minimum temperature of 20 °C. What is the temperature at the beginning of the
heat rejection process in °C?

Ans. 539.5 °C

An ideal Otto cycle the heat supplied is 920 kJ/kg and the highest temperature in the cycle is 1600 °C. Calculate the
temperature at the end of the isentropic compression process.

Ans. 320 °C

An ideal Otto cycle the heat supplied is 920 kJ/kg and the highest temperature in the cycle is 1600 °C. Calculate the
change in entropy of a process.

Ans. 0.827 kJ/kg – K

What is the final temperature after compression of a Diesel cycle if the initial temperature is 32 ℃ and the
clearance is 8%?

Ans. 863.84 K

An air standard Diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 18. At the beginning of the compression process, air is at
100 kPa and 15 deg C. If the mean effective pressure is 1362 kPa and the heat of combustion is 1800 kJ/kg, find the
thermal efficiency.

Ans. 0.5907At the beginning of the isentropic compression process in an ideal dual combustion cycle the pressure
is 15 psia, the temperature is 70 °F and the volume is 0.50 ft3. The compression ratio is 12:1 and the temperature
after constant volume receipt of heat is 1800 °F. During constant pressure heat receipt, 5 Btu are supplied to the
cycle. Using constant specific heat, calculate the total heat added to the cycle.

Ans. 10.4 BTU

An Ideal Dual Combustion cycle operates on 500 grams of air. At the beginning of the compression, the air is at 100
kPa, 45°C. If rp = 1.5, rc=1.65, and rk=10, determine the cycle efficiency.

Ans. 56.8%

Rankine Cycle for initially dry saturated steam at 150 psi, condenser pressure of 2 psi. Find the work of the cycle in
Btu. Also compute for the cycle efficiency.

Note of the following data from steam table:


Ans. 282.8317 Btu/lb , 25.72 %

At 150psia (tsat.=358.4 °F) At 2 psia (tsat.=126.04 °F)

hf = 330.5 Btu/lb hf = 94.0 Btu/lb

hfg = 863.6 Btu/lb hfg = 1022.2 Btu/lb

hg = 1194.1 Btu/lb hg = 1116.2 Btu/lb

sf = 0.5138 Btu/lb.R sf = 0.1749 Btu/lb.R

sfg = 1.0556 Btu/lb.R sfg = 1.7451 Btu/lb.R

sg = 1.5694 Btu/lb.R sg = 1.9200 Btu/lb.R

vf =0.016 ft3/lb

Rankine cycle for initially superheated steam at 150 psia and 560 deg. F. Condenser pressure is 2 psi. Find the
following:

A. Heat received

B. Heat rejected

C. Work per lb

D. Efficiency

Note of the following data


from steam table:

Ans. 1210.7617, 888.238,


322.5237, 26.64 %

An Ideal Brayton Cycle operates between 15 psia, 60 °F and 100 psia, 1500 °F; the compressor and expander are
both perfectly efficient. Determine the thermal efficiency?

Ans. 41.84%

An Ideal Brayton Cycle operates between 15 psia, 60 °F and 100 psia, 1500 °F; the compressor and expander are
both perfectly efficient. Determine the net work and backwork ratio?

Ans. 107.0 4 Btu /lb , 0.456

An Ideal Brayton Cycle operates between 15 psia, 60 °F and 100 psia, 1500 °F. Determine the thermal efficiency if
the efficiency of turbine and compressor is 85%.

Ans. 25.7%

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