Recent questions in Thermodynamic Cycles

Consider an ideal Otto-cycle with cold-air-standard assumptions to be applicable. The temperature of the working fluid at the start and the end of the compression process...

Consider an ideal Rankine cycle with fixed conditions at the turbine inlet. If the condenser pressure is lowered, which of the following statements is/are CORRECT?Pump wo...

​​​​​If $\gamma$ refers to the ratio of specific heats, the air-standard efficiency of an Otto cycle is$1-\frac{1}{(\text { Compression ratio })^{\gamma}}$$1-\frac{1}{(\t...

​​​​For an ideal gas turbine cycle, $T_{1}$ and $T_{3}$ are the compressor inlet temperature and turbine inlet temperature respectively. The ratio $\frac{T_{3}}{T_{1}}$ i...

Air in an ideal Diesel cycle is compressed from $3 \: \mathrm{litre}$ to $0.15 \: \mathrm{litre}$. It then expands during a constant pressure heat addition process to $0....

Consider the following data from a Brayton cycle.Enthalpy at inlet to turbine; $1400 \mathrm{~kJ} / \mathrm{kg}$Enthalpy at exit of turbine: $880 \mathrm{~kJ} / \mathrm{k...

\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}Q.98 & \begin{tabular}{l}An ideal Diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 20 and cut-off ratio of 1.5. At the \\beginning of the compression stroke,...

Q. 105 A refrigerator operates on an ideal vapor compression cycle between the pressure limits of $140 \mathrm{kPa}$ and $800 \mathrm{kPa}$. The working fluid is the refr...

Q. 106A steam power plant operates on a simple ideal Rankine cycle. The condenser pressure is $10 \mathrm{kPa}$ and the boiler pressure is $5 \mathrm{MPa}$. The steam ent...