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One kilogram of air is taken through a constant volume cycle. At the commencement of the...

One kilogram of air is taken through a constant volume cycle. At the commencement of the adiabatic compression, the pressure and temperature are 103 kN/m2 and 1000C respectively. The adiabatic compression has a volume ratio of 6:1. The maximum pressure of the cycle is 3.45 MN/m2. Determine, for the cycle,

  1. the pressure, volume and temperature at each of the cycle process change points,                [8]
  2. the heat transferred to the air,                                                                                                            [3]
  3. the heat rejected by the air,                                                                                                                 [3]
  4. the ideal thermal efficiency,                                                                                                                 [4]
  5. cyclic work                                                                                                                                                 [4]
  6. the mean effective pressure.                                                                                                               [3]

For the air, take, R = 0.287 kJ/kg K, γ=1.4

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