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A diesel cycle operates at and receives 400BTU of energy from the combustion process. The hot...

A diesel cycle operates at and receives 400BTU of energy from the combustion process. The hot air standard is k=1.3. The diesel engine receives air at a pressure of 14.5psia, 90°F, and 0.55lb. What is the mean effective pressure of the engine? The cut-off ratio is 12% of the volume displacement and the percent clearance is 8%.

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Calculating the compression ratio and cutoff ratio, we can easily solve this question as below-


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