A cold air-standard Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 12 and the temperature and pressure at the beginning of the compression process are 520°R and 14.2 lbf/in.2, respectively. The heat addition per unit mass of air is 600 Btu/lb. Assume constant specific heats evaluted at 520°R. Given:

A newly purchased sedan car operates on an ideal thermodynamic cycle. The engine has acompression ratio of 10. The ambient air pressure is 1 bar while temperature is 21 ºC. Themaximum temperature in the engine is 1600 K. Draw the ideal power cycle and label it.Utilizing the air-standard assumptions, determine (a) the gas temperature at the exits of thecompression and the expansion processes, (b) the specific works of compression, expansionand net, (c) heat supplied to the engine and (d) the thermal efficiency.

3The rate of heat addition to an ideal air-standard Brayton cycle is 1.0 x 107 Btu/h. The pressure ratio for the cycle is 12 and the minimum and maximum temperatures are 520°R and 2800°R, respectively.Determine:(a) the percent thermal efficiency of the cycle.(b) the mass flow rate of air, in lb/h.(c) the net power developed by the cycle, in hp.

The state at the beginning of compression of an air-standard Diesel cycle is fixed by p₁ = 100 kPa and T₁ = 310 K. The compression ratio is 18 and the cutoff ratio is 1.9. Determine: (a) the maximum temperature, in K. (b) the pressure at the end of the expansion, in kPa. (c) the net work per unit mass of air, in kJ/kg. (d) the percent thermal efficiency.