Cycle Wars: The Rise of Otto Cycles

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Introduction

Cycle Wars: The Power Awakens

  • Introduced the common air-standard cycles
  • Analyzed the Carnot cycle

Cycle Wars: The Rise of Otto Cycles

  • Analyzes
    • The Otto cycle
    • The Diesel cycle
    • The Ericsson cycle
    • The Stirling cycle
    • The Brayton cycle
    • The turbojet engine cycle

Carnot (IE, IT, IE, IT) Review

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Otto (IE, IC, IE, IC)

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\[\eta=\frac{|Q_\mathrm{hot}|-|Q_\mathrm{cold}|}{|Q_\mathrm{hot}|}=1-\frac{|Q_\mathrm{cold}|}{|Q_\mathrm{hot}|}\]

\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=C_v\left(T_a-T_d\right)\]

\[Q_\mathrm{cold}=C_v\left(T_c-T_b\right)\]

\[\eta=1-\frac{T_b-T_c}{T_a-T_d}=1-\frac{T_c}{T_d}=1-r^{(1-\gamma)}\]

\[W_{\rm{net}}=-\left(Q_\mathrm{hot}+Q_\mathrm{cold}\right)=C_v\left[\left(T_b+T_d\right)-\left(T_a+T_c\right)\right]\]

Otto (IE, IC, IE, IC)(cont.)

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\[\eta = 1 - \frac{T_\mathrm{c}}{T_\mathrm{d}} = 1 - r^{(1-\gamma)} \]

Diesel (IE, IB, IE, IC)

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\[\eta=1+\frac{Q_\mathrm{cold}}{Q_\mathrm{hot}}=1+\frac{C_v\left(T_c-T_b\right)}{C_p\left(T_a-T_d\right)}\]

\[=1+\frac{1}{\gamma}\frac{\left(T_b-T_c\right)}{\left(T_a-T_d\right)}\]

\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=Q_2 = C_p\left(T_a-T_d\right)\]

\[Q_\mathrm{cold}=Q_4 = C_p\left(T_c-T_b\right)\]

\[r_e \equiv \frac{V_b}{V_a}\]

\[r \equiv \frac{V_c}{V_d}\]

\[W_{\rm{net}}=-\left(Q_\mathrm{hot}+Q_\mathrm{cold}\right)=C_p\left[\left(T_d-T_a\right)+\left(T_b-T_c\right)\right]\]

Diesel (IE, IB, IE, IC)(cont.)

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\[\eta = 1 - \frac{1}{\gamma}\left[\frac{\left(\frac{1}{r_e}\right)^{\gamma-1}-\left(\frac{r_e}{r}\right)\left(\frac{1}{r}\right)^{\gamma-1}}{1-\frac{r_e}{r}}\right]\]

\[= 1 - \frac{1}{\gamma}\left[\frac{\left(\frac{1}{r_e}\right)^{\gamma-1}-\left(\frac{1}{r}\right)^\gamma}{\frac{1}{r_e}-\frac{1}{r}}\right]\]

\[r \equiv \frac{V_c}{V_d}\]

\[r_e \equiv \frac{V_b}{V_a}\]

Graph is for \(r_e = 0.5 r\)

Brayton (IE, IB, IE, IB)

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\[\eta=1-\frac{|Q_\mathrm{cold}|}{|Q_\mathrm{hot}|}=1+\frac{\left(T_d-T_a\right)}{\left(T_c-T_b\right)}\]

\[=1-\frac{T_a}{T_b}=1-r_P^{\frac{1-\gamma}{\gamma}}\]

\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=Q_2 = C_p\left(T_c-T_b\right)\]

\[Q_\mathrm{cold}=Q_4 = C_p\left(T_d-T_a\right)\]

\[W_{\rm{net}}=-\left(Q_\mathrm{hot}+Q_\mathrm{cold}\right)=C_p\left[\left(T_b+T_d\right)-\left(T_a+T_c\right)\right]\]

Brayton (IE, IB, IE, IB)(cont.)

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\[\eta = 1 - r_P^{\left(\frac{1-\gamma}{\gamma}\right)}\]

Brayton With Regenerator (IE, IB, IE, IB)

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\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=C_p\left(T_c-T_x\right)\]

\[W_{\mathrm{net}}=W_{\mathrm{turb}}+W_{\mathrm{comp}}\]

\[-W_{\mathrm{turb}}=- \Delta H = C_p\left(T_c-T_d\right)\]

With an ideal regenerator, \(T_d = T_x\).

\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=-W_{\mathrm{turb}}\]

\[\eta=\frac{|W_{\mathrm{turb}}+W_{\mathrm{comp}}|}{Q_\mathrm{hot}}=1-\frac{|W_{\mathrm{comp}}|}{|W_{\mathrm{turb}}|}\]

\[\eta=1+\frac{T_b-T_a}{T_c-T_d}=1-\frac{T_a}{T_c}\left(\frac{P_b}{P_a}\right)^{\frac{\gamma-1}{\gamma}}\]

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\(T_a/T_c = 1/3\)

\(T_a/T_c = 1/4\)

\(T_a/T_c = 1/5\)

Turbojet (IE, IB, IE, IE IB)

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In ideal or actual cycle

\(\ \ \ \ |W_1|=|W_3|\) Just enough to drive

\(\ \ \ \ W_1=C_p\left(T_b-T_a\right)\)

\(\ \ \ \ Q_2=C_p\left(T_c-T_b\right)\)

\(\ \ \ \ W_3=C_p\left(T_d-T_c\right)\)

Turbojet (IE, IB, IE, IE IB)(cont.)

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\(\ \ \implies C_p\left(T_b-T_a\right)=C_p\left(T_c-T_d\right)\)


\(\ \ \ \ T_d=T_c+\left(T_a-T_b\right)\)

In the nozzle (Step 4)

\(\ \ \ \ \Delta \hat{H} + \frac{\Delta (u^2)}{2}=0\)

\(\ \ \ \ d\hat{H}+udu=0\)

\(\ \ \ \ d\hat{H} = Td\hat{S} +\hat{V}dP\)

For isentropic \((\Delta S = 0)\)

\(\ \ \ \ \hat{V}dP+udu=0\)

\[\ \ \ \ \int_{u_d}^{u_e} udu=- \int_{\hat{V}_d}^{\hat{V}_e} \hat{V}dP\]

\[\text{ also }P\hat{V}^{\gamma}=\text{const.}\]

\[u_e^2-u_d^2=\frac{2\gamma P_d \hat{V}_d\ (\text{or }RT_d)}{\gamma-1}\left[1-\left(\frac{P_e}{P_d}\right)^{\frac{\gamma-1}{\gamma}}\right]\]

\[\frac{T_e}{T_d}=\left(\frac{\hat{V}_d}{\hat{V}_e}\right)^{\gamma-1}=\left(\frac{P_e}{P_d}\right)^{\frac{\gamma-1}{\gamma}}\]

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\[Q_1=-W_1=RT_a \ln \frac{P_a}{P_b}\]

\[Q_3=-W_3=RT_c \ln \frac{P_c}{P_d}\]

\[Q_2=\Delta \hat{H}_2=C_p\left(T_c-T_b\right)\]

\[Q_4=\Delta \hat{H}_4=C_p\left(T_a-T_d\right)=-C_p\left(T_c-T_b\right)\]

\[W_2=- P_2 \Delta \hat{V}_2=-P_b\left(\hat{V}_c-\hat{V}_b\right)\]

\[W_4=-P_d\left(\hat{V}_a-\hat{V}_d\right)\]

Ericsson (IT, IB, IT, IB)(cont.)

After lots of algebra

\[W_{\mathrm{net}}=-R\left(T_3-T_1\right)\ln \frac{P_2}{P_4}\]

\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=C_p \left(T_1-T_3\right)+RT_3\ln \frac{P_2}{P_4}\]

\[\eta=\frac{R\left(T_3-T_1\right)\ln \frac{P_2}{P_4}}{C_p\left(T_1-T_3\right)+RT_3 \ln \frac{P_2}{P_4}}\]

Note that \(|Q_2|=|Q_4|\)

If we could use a perfect heat exchanger between Steps 2 and 4

\[\eta=\frac{R\left(T_3-T_1\right)\ln \frac{P_2}{P_4}}{RT_3 \ln \frac{P_2}{P_4}}=1-\frac{T_1}{T_3}\]

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Similar to the Ericsson cycle

\[W_{\mathrm{net}}=-R\left(T_3-T_1\right)\ln \frac{P_b}{P_a}\]

\[Q_\mathrm{hot}=C_v \left(T_3-T_1\right)+RT_3\ln \frac{P_b}{P_a}\]

\[Q_4=C_v \left(T_1-T_3\right)\]

For perfect HX between Steps 2 and 4

\[\eta=\frac{R\left(T_3-T_1\right)\ln \frac{P_b}{P_a}}{RT_3 \ln \frac{P_b}{P_a}}=1-\frac{T_1}{T_3}\]

The Takeaways

  1. The Otto cycle is the thermodynamic model for the internal-combustion automobile engine.
  2. The Diesel cycle is the thermodynamic model for the internal-combustion Diesel engine.
  3. The Brayton cycle is the thermodynamic model for the internal-combustion gas-turbine engine.
  4. The Turbojet cycle is the thermodynamic model for the internal-combustion turbojet engine.
  5. The Ericsson and Stirling cycles have not found wide commercialization, but hold promise for high thermal efficiency.






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