Thermodynamics

Gas Power Cycles

1. Carnot Engine

Reciprocating Engines
Top Dead Center- the position of the piston when it forms the smallest volume in the cylinder

Bottom Dead Center- the position of the piston when it forms the largest volume in the cylinder

Bore- the diameter of the piston

Clearance Volume- minimum volume formed in the cylinder when the piston is at TDC

Compression ratio (r) - ratio of the maximum volume formed in the cylinder to
the minimum (clearance) volume

Mean effective pressure- a fictitious pressure, if it acted on the piston during

the entire power stroke, would produce the same amount of net work as
that produced during the actual cycle.

TIP: In dealing with problems involving Gas Power Cycles, it’s always a good thing to
memorize/familiarize the T-S and/or P-V diagram.

Source of this material is cengel thermodynamics

Thermodynamics
Gas Power Cycles

1. Otto Cycle / Spark Ignition Engine (SI Engine)

2. Diesel Cycle / Compression-Ignition Engine (CI Engine)

Cut-off ratio (rc)- ratio of the cylinder volumes after and before the combustion
process

Source of this material is cengel thermodynamics

Thermodynamics
Gas Power Cycles
3. Brayton Cycle / Gas-turbine Engine

4. Turbo-Jet Engine

Thrust (F)

Propulsive Power (Wp)

Propulsive Efficiency

NOTE: Gases are assumed to behave in these cycles are ideal, which means ideal gas law applies.
Some textbooks uses air property tables to solve problems but you can actually solve these by
assuming the air to behave ideally (no need of tables like sample problems on some textbooks)

-jeg

Source of this material is cengel thermodynamics