THE AIR STANDARD CYCLE Exercises 1.

An engine working on the Otto cycle has an air standard cycle efficiency of 56 % and reject 544 kJ/kg of heat air. The pressure and temperature of air at the beginning of compression are 0.1 Mpa and 60 oC respectively. Determine : a) b) c) d) The compression ratio of the engine The work done per kg of air The pressure and temperature at the end of compression The mean effective pressure in the cycle

2.

At the beginning of the compression process of an air standard Otto cycle, P1= 1 bar , T1=290 K , v1 = 400 cm3. The maximum temperature is 2200 K and the compression ratio is 8. Determine: a) b) c) d) The heat rejected The net work Cycle efficiency Mean effective pressure

3.

An engine working for a standard diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 15:1. The maximum and minimum temperatures are 1650 oC and 15 oC respectively. The highest cycle pressure is 45 bar. Calculate: a) b) The thermal efficiency The mean effective pressure

4.

A diesel engine compression ratio 13:1, while volume in the final expansion is 6.5 greater than the beginning expansion. At the start of compression the temperature is 32 oC. If the compression and expansion process is adiabatic, calculate: a) b) The temperature at every stage. The thermal efficiency