Gas turbine engines like those of jet aircraft operate on a thermodynamic cycle known as t...
Gas turbine engines like those of jet aircraft operate on a thermodynamic cycle known as the Brayton cycle. The basic Brayton cycle, as shown in the figure, consists of two adiabatic processes—the compression and the expansion of gas through the turbine—and two isobaric processes. Heat is transferred to the gas during combustion in a constant- pressure process (path from point 2 to point 3) and removed from the gas in a heat exchanger during a constant-pressure process (path from point 4 to point 1). The key parameter for this cycle is the pressure ratio, defined as 
and this is the only parameter needed to calculate the efficiency of a Brayton engine.
a) Determine an expression for the efficiency.
b) Calculate the efficiency of a Brayton engine thai uses a diatomic gas and has a pressure ratio of 10.0.
Step-by-Step Solution
THINK:
The efficiency can be expressed in terms of heat transfers
. Using ideal gas law, we calculate the efficiency of the engine.
RESEARCH:
Efficiency of heat engine is 
For isobaric process, 
For adiabatic process, 
From ideal gas law, 
CALCULATE:
(a) For adiabatic process, the compression and expansion of the gas through the
turbine is given by
Expression for the efficiency of a Brayton engine:
(b) For a diatomic gas, pressure ratio, 
Efficiency of the Brayton engine:
ROUND:
(b) Efficiency of the Brayton engine, 
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