In: Mechanical Engineering
A gas refrigeration cycle with a pressure ratio of 4 uses helium as the working fluid. The temperature of the helium is -6°C at the compressor inlet and 50°C at the turbine inlet. Assume isentropic efficiencies of 88 percent for both the turbine and the compressor.
(Given: The properties of helium are cp= 5.1926 kJ/kg·K and k = 1.667.)
FIND:
a. The minimum temperature of the cycle.
b. The coefficient of performance.
c. the mass flow rate of the helium.