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Initially, both the intake and the exhaust valves are closed, and the piston is at its lowest position (BDC). During the compres ...

Major car companies have research programs underway on two-stroke engines which are expected to make a comeback in the future. T ...

and the specific heat ratio. This is also true for actual spark-ignition internal combustion engines. A plot of thermal efficien ...

fluid in actual engines contains larger molecules such as carbon dioxide, and the specific heat ratio decreases with temperature ...

Chapter 9 | 499 (b) The net work output for the cycle is determined either by finding the boundary (PdV) work involved in each p ...

9–6 ■ DIESEL CYCLE: THE IDEAL CYCLE FOR COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES The Diesel cycle is the ideal cycle for CI reciprocating en ...

We now define a new quantity, the cutoff ratiorc,as the ratio of the cylin- der volumes after and before the combustion process: ...

502 | Thermodynamics the end of each process, (b) the net work output and the thermal efficiency, and (c) the mean effective pre ...

9–7 ■ STIRLING AND ERICSSON CYCLES The ideal Otto and Diesel cycles discussed in the preceding sections are composed entirely of ...

There are two other cycles that involve an isothermal heat-addition process at THand an isothermal heat-rejection process at TL: ...

or any kind of porous plug with a high thermal mass (mass times specific heat). It is used for the temporary storage of thermal ...

Both the Stirling and Ericsson cycles are totally reversible, as is the Carnot cycle, and thus according to the Carnot principle ...

have long been of only theoretical interest. However, there is renewed inter- est in engines that operate on these cycles becaus ...

3-4 Isentropic expansion (in a turbine) 4-1 Constant-pressure heat rejection The T-sand P-vdiagrams of an ideal Brayton cycle ar ...

where (9–18) is the pressure ratioand kis the specific heat ratio. Equation 9–17 shows that under the cold-air-standard assumpti ...

produce 21.6 MW (29,040 hp). The regeneration also reduces the exhaust tem- perature from 600°C (1100°F) to 350°C (650°F). Air i ...

2.Increasing the efficiencies of turbomachinery components The performance of early turbines suffered greatly from the inefficie ...

512 | Thermodynamics gas temperature at the exits of the compressor and the turbine, (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the therma ...

Deviation of Actual Gas-Turbine Cycles from Idealized Ones The actual gas-turbine cycle differs from the ideal Brayton cycle on ...

514 | Thermodynamics Analysis (a) The T-sdiagram of the cycle is shown in Fig. 9–37. The actual compressor work and turbine work ...