5 Carnot & 3 Processes Cycles
5 Carnot & 3 Processes Cycles
5 Carnot & 3 Processes Cycles
5| Gas Cycles
Carnot Cycle & Three-Process Cycle
Gas Cycles|5
Heat Engine/Thermal Engine
• a closed system (no mass crosses its boundaries)
• exchanges only heat and work with its surrounding
• operates in cycles
Gas Cycles|5
Elements of a thermodynamic heat engine with a fluid as the
working substance:
Working Substance - matter that receives heat, rejects heat & does work
Engine - wherein the working substance may do work or have work done on
it.
Gas Cycles|5
QA = heat added
QR = heat rejected
W = net work
• Available energy is that part of the heat that
was converted into mechanical work.
• Unavailable energy is the remainder of the heat
that had to be rejected into the receiver (sink).
The Second Law of Thermodynamics|5
Kelvin-Planck Statement:
All energy received as heat by a heat-engine cycle cannot be
converted into mechanical work.
Work of a Cycle
(a) W = ∑Q = Q1-2 + Q2-3 + Q3-4 + … (Algebraic sum)
W = QA + (- QR) (Arithmetic difference)
Carnot Cycle
• The Carnot cycle is a theoretical
thermodynamic cycle proposed by Nicolas
Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824
• the most efficient cycle conceivable
• a perfect cycle that forms a standard of
comparison for actual engines, actual cycles
and also for other less efficient ideal cycles
Operation of the Carnot Engine|5
1
Carnot Engine is a hypothetical
engine that operates on the
reversible Carnot cycle. The basic
model for this engine was developed
by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot .
The cylinder head, the only place
where heat may enter or leave the
system is placed in contact with the
source of heat, hot body, into the
substance in the cylinder
isothermally, process 1-2, and the
piston moves from 1’-2’.
Operation of the Carnot Engine|5
2
Next, the cylinder is removed from
the hot body and the insulator I is
placed over the head of the
cylinder, so that no heat may be
transferred in or out. As a result,
any further process is adiabatic.
The isentropic change 2-3 now
occurs and the piston moves 2’-3’.
Operation of the Carnot Engine|5
3
When the piston reaches the end of
the stroke 3’, the insulator I is
removed and the cylinder head is
placed in contact with the receiver
or sink, which remains at the
constant temperature T3. Heat then
flows from the substance to the
sink and the isothermal
compression 3-4 occurs while
piston moves from 3’-4’.
Operation of the Carnot Engine|5
4
Finally, the insulator I is again
placed over the head & the
isentropic compression 4-1 returns
the substance to its initial
condition, as the piston moves from
4’-1’
Analysis of Carnot Cycle|5
W = p1V1ln + + p3V3ln +
Then, =
Mean Effective Pressure (pm or mep)|5
•
Pm =
•
Expansion Ratio =
Isothermal Expansion Ratio =
Isentropic Expansion Ratio =
Overall Expansion Ratio =
Compression Ratio =
Isothermal Compression Ratio =
Isentropic Compression Ratio, rk =
Overall Compression Ratio =
The isentropic compression ratio, rk, is the compression ratio most commonly used.
Sample Problems: Carnot Cycle
Problems|5
Sample Problem 1: Carnot Cycle
1. A Carnot power cycle operates on 2lb of air between the limits of 70°F and 500°F.
The pressure at the beginning of isothermal expansion is 400psia and at the end of
isothermal expansion is 185psig. Determine (a) the volume at the end of isothermal
compression, (b) ΔS during an isothermal process, (c) QA, (d) QR, (e) W, (f) e,
(g) the ratio of expansion during isothermal heating and the overall ratio of
expansion, and (h) the mean effective pressure.
Problems|5
Sample Problem 1: Carnot Cycle
•
Solution •Point 4:
m = 2lb •V4 = V3 = (15.72) = 7.849ft3
p1 = 400psia
a) V4 = 7.849ft3
T1 = 960°R
b) ΔS1-2 = mRln = ln = 0.0952
p2 = 199.7psia
T3 = 530°R c) QA = T1(ΔS) = (960)(0.0952) = 91.43Btu
QA = = = 89.04kJ
ΔS3-4 = = = -0.115
(c) e = 60.65%
Sample Problems: Three Process Cycle
Problems|5
Sample Problem 3: Three-Process Cycle
1. Ten cubic feet of helium at 20psia and 80°F are compressed isentropically 1-2 to
psia. The helium is then expanded polytropically 2-3 with n = 1.35 to the initial
temperature. An isothermal 3-1 returns the helium to the initial state. Find T2, V2,
p3, QA, QR, W, ΔS and pm.
Problems|5
Sample Problem 3: Three-Process Cycle
•Solution
•Point
3:
p1 = 20psia
p3 = p2 = (80) = 9.435psia
T1 = 540°R
V3 = V2 = (4.351) = 21.2ft3
V1 = 10 cu ft.
p2 = 80psia cn = cv = (0.754) = -0.6808
Reference: Sta. Maria, H. B. (1990). Thermodynamics 1. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: National Book Store.