In: Mechanical Engineering
At the beginning of compression process of an air standard dual cycle operating with a compression ratio of 15.88, the pressure is 95 kPa and the temperature is 300 K. The cutoff ratio for the cycle is 1.15. Determine the thermal efficiency of cycle, if the pressure increases by a factor of 2.15 during the constant volume heat addition process. Use table F2 for variation of specific heats with temperature in the analysis.