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15. A two-cylinder four-stroke-cycle engine produces 30 brake horsepower at a brake
thermal efficiency of 20% at 2600 rpm. The fuel is methane burning in air with an
equivalence ratio of 0.8 and a heating value of 21,560 Btu/lbm. Ambient
conditions are 520R and 14.7 psia. The engine mechanical efficiency is 88%,
and the volumetric efficiency is 92%. What are the fuel flow rate, the displacement
volume per cylinder, and the brake specific fuel consumption? What is the bore if the
bore and stroke or equal?
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22. As a plant engineer you must recommend whether electric power for a plant
expansion (2.5 MW continuous generation requirement) will be purchased from a public
utility or generated using a fully attended Diesel-engine-driven generator or an
automatic remotely controlled gas turbine generator set. The price of electricity is 4.8
cents per kW-hr, and the price of natural gas is 60 cents per thousand cubic feet. Both
Diesel engine and gas turbine are to be natural-gas fired. The gas turbine has a heat rate
of 11,500 Btu/kW-hr, and the Diesel engine 13,200 Btu/kW-hr. The initial costs of
Diesel engine and gas turbine are $750,000 and $850,000, respectively. Control
equipment for the gas turbine costs an additional $150,000. The engines and control
equipment are estimated to have a useful life of 20 years. The annual wages and benefits
for a Diesel engine operating engineer working eight-hour daily shifts is $36,000.
Assume a 10% per annum interest-rate. Evaluate the alternatives for a natural gas
heating value of 1000 Btu/ft3, and present a table of their costs, in cents per kW-hr.
Discuss your recommendation.