POWER CYCLES

1. An inventor claims to have created a heat engine which produces 10 kW of power for a
15 kW input while operating between energy reservoirs at 27°C and 427°C. Is this claim
valid?
A. Yes B. No C. Probably D. None of the above

2. An Otto cycle has a compression ratio of 8 and a maximum temperature of 627°C. At the
beginning of the compression stroke, the pressure and temperature of the working fluid are
100 kPa and 27°C. Based upon the cold air-standard analysis assumption, how much work is
produced per cycle completion?
kJ kJ kJ kJ
A. 43.7 B. 85.6 C. 97.4 D. 114.2
kg kg kg kg

3. A diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 8 and cut-off ratio of 2.5. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 42% B. 44% C. 46% D. 48%
4. A diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 6 and cut-off ratio of 2. If heat added is 1500 kJ,
find the heat rejected.
A. 857.60 kJ B. 982.34 kJ C. 1,082.34 kJ D. 1,209.34 kJ

5. A diesel cycle has an initial temperature of 30°C, compression ratio of 14 and cut-off ratio
of 5. Find the maximum temperature of the cycle.
A. 3,984°C B. 4,081°C C. 4,764.33°C D. 5,836.40°C

6. In an air standard diesel cycle, compression starts at 100 kPa and 300 °K. The
compression ratio is 12 to 1. The maximum cycle temperature is 2000 °K. Determine the cycle
efficiency.
A. 60.34% B. 56.23% C. 54.22% D. 45.45%
 kJ
7. A diesel engine is operating on a 4-stroke cycle, has a heat rate of 10,000 brake.
kW −hr
The compression ratio is 10. The cut-off ratio is 2. Using K = 1.32, what is the brake engine
efficiency?
A. 63.5 B. 51.2 C. 73.5 D. 78.72

8. Determine the air-standard efficiency of an engine operating on the diesel cycle with
clearance of 6% when the suction pressure 100 kPa and the fuel is injected for 5% of the stroke.
Assume K = 1.4.

A. 54.96% B. 63.68% C. 43.07% D. 76.05%

kJ
9. A diesel cycle has a cycle efficiency of 58%. If heat added is 1600 . Find the work.
kg
A. 928 kJ B. 938 kJ C. 948 kJ D. 958 kJ
10. A diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 8 and initial temperature of 34°C. If maximum
temperature of the cycle is 2000 °K, find the cycle efficiency

A. 40.06% B. 41.06% C. 42.06% D. 44.06%

11. The compression ratio of an air-standard gasoline engine is 8. The heat added is 1850
kJ
. If the initial pressure and temperature are 100 kPa and 25°C respectively. Determine
kg
the temperature in °C at the end of the isentropic expansion.
A. 1368 B. 1147 C. 969 D. 1452

12. Calculate the thermal efficiency of an air-standard diesel cycle operating with a
compression ratio of 23 and cut-off ratio of 2.25.
A. 0.603 B. 0.587 C. 0.656 D. 0.714
 13. Calculate the thermal efficiency of an air-standard limited pressure cycle with a
compression ratio of 23, initial pressure and temperature of 100 kPa and 25°C respectively, a
kJ
pressure limited of 12 MPa, and total heat input of 1500 of air.
kg
A. 0.687 B. 0.593 C. 0.648 D. 0.714

14. Calculate the thermal efficiency of an air-standard diesel cycle with minimum
temperature and pressure of 20°C and 100 kPa, and maximum temperature of 1000°C.
kJ
The heat added is 800 .
kg
A. 0.223 B. 0.365 C. 0.283 D. 0.311

15. A three-process cycle operating with 5 kgs of air as the working substance has the
following process; constant volume (1-2); constant pressure (2-3); and constant
V1
temperature (3-1). Given that P1 = 100 kPa, T 1 = 300 °K and = 6, determine the heat
V3
kJ
added in .
kg
A. 6141 B. 5382 C. 7710 D. 1504
16. A Sterling engine uses an energy source whose temperature is 727°C and energy sink
whose temperature is 27°C. How much heat must be added to the engine to produce 1 unit
of work?
A. 1.0 B. 1.19 C. 1.43 D. 2.01

17. A Brayton cycle has a compression ratio of 9. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 42.62% B. 44.62% C. 46.62% D. 48.62%

18. A Brayton cycle has an initial air temperature of 30°C. If pressure ratio is 12, find the
compressor work.
kJ kJ kJ kJ
A. 310.28 B. 313.28 C. 316.28 D. 319.28
kg kg kg kg
19. A Brayton cycle has an initial temperature of 27°C and pressure ratio of 8. If maximum
temperature is 1400°C, find the heat added in the combustor.
kJ kJ kJ
A. 1109.56 B. 1119.56 C. 1129.56 D. 1139.56
kg kg kg
kJ
kg

20. The maximum temperature of Brayton cycle is 1600°C and its pressure ratio is 6. Find the
turbine work.
kJ kJ kJ kJ
A. 750.44 B. 760.44 C. 770.44 D. 780.44
kg kg kg kg

21. The compression ratio of Brayton cycle is 10. Find the cycle efficiency.
A. 60.19% B. 56.18% C. 54.18% D. 52.18%

22. The temperature of four corners of Brayton cycle are t 1=30 ° C , t 2=400 ° C ,

t 3=1300 °C , t 4 = 100°C. Find the cycle efficiency.

A. 56.39% B. 64.34% C. 76.45% D. 92.22%
23. A Brayton cycle has an initial condition of 28 °C and maximum temperature of 1450 °C. If
pressure ratio is 10, find the back-work ratio.
A. 0.227 B. 0.337 C. 0.447 D. 0.557

24. A gas turbine on an air standard Brayton cycle has air entering intro he compressor
at atmospheric condition and 23 °C. The pressure ratio is 10 and the maximum
temperature in the cycle is 1000°C. Compute the cycle efficiency per kg of air in percent.
A. 48.21% B. 31.89% C. 38.23% D. 56.23%

m
25. Air enter the combustion chamber of a gas turbine unit at 500 kPa, 227°C and 40 . The
s
m
products of combustion leave the combustor at 598 kPa, 1007 °C and 150 . Liquid fuel enters
s
kJ
with a heating value of 43,000 . The combustor efficiency is 92%. What is the air-fuel ratio?
kg
kJ kJ
Properties of air; @ 500 °C, h = 503.02 ; @ 1280 °C, h = 1372.25 .
kg kg

A. 44.95 B. 43.40 C. 50.05 D. 32.52

26. Air enters the compressor of a gas turbine at 102 kPa and 320 °K with a volume flow rate
m3
of 6 . The compressor pressure ratio is 10 and its isentropic efficiency is 82%. At the inlet
s
to the turbine, the pressure is 1000 kPa and the temperature is 1450 °K. The turbine has
isentropic efficiency of 0.87 and the exit pressure is 102 kPa. On the basis of air standard
analysis, what is the thermal efficiency of the cycle in percent?
A. 29.98 B. 30.18 C. 28.97 D. 31.94

m
27. In a gas turbine unit, air enters the combustion chamber at 550 kPa, 227 °C and 43 .
s
m
The products of combustion leave the combustor at 511 kPa, 1004°C and 140 . Liquid
s
kJ
fuel enters with a heating value of 43,000 . For air-fuel ratio of 0.0229, what is the
kg
combustor efficiency of the unit in percent?
kJ kJ
Properties of air: @ 500 °C, h = 503.02 ; @1280 °C, h = 1372.25
kg kg
A. 64 B. 92 C. 80 D. 102

28. An ideal gas turbine operates with a pressure of 8 and temperature limits of 20 °C and
1000 °C. The energy input in the high temperature heat exchanger is 200 kW. Determine the air
kg
flow rate in .
hr

A. 650 B. 858 C. 970 D. 732