Gas Turbine
Gas Turbine
Gas Turbine
BRAYTON CYCLE
• SPSP
• It is now called the Gas Turbine Cycle.
• It is also called Joule Cycle, which is named after James Prescott Joule.
Variation of Simple Brayton Cycle
PV and TS Diagram of Simple Brayton Cycle
Formula for Simple Brayton
• Heat Added • Pressure Ratio
• 𝑄𝐴 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇2 𝑃2
• 𝑟𝑝 =
𝑃1
• Heat Rejected 𝑘−1 𝑘−1
𝑇2 𝑇3
• 𝑄𝑅 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇4 − 𝑇1 • = 𝑟𝑝 𝑘 ; = 𝑟𝑝 𝑘
𝑇1 𝑇4
• Compressor Work • 𝑇1𝑇3 = 𝑇2𝑇4 → (𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑡𝑜𝑛)
• 𝑊𝑐 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇2 − 𝑇1 • Back Work Ratio
𝑊𝑐
• Turbine Work • 𝑟𝑏 =
𝑊𝑡
• 𝑊𝑡 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇4
• Thermal Efficiency
• Net Work 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡
• 𝑒=
• 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑊𝑡 − 𝑊𝑐 = 𝑄𝐴 − 𝑄𝑅 𝑄𝐴
1
• 𝑒 =1− 𝑘−1 → (𝑆𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑡𝑜𝑛)
𝑟𝑝 𝑘
Actual Brayton Cycle
T QA 3
3 T
3’
Wt
2’ 2’
2 4’
4
Wc 4’
1 1
S S
QR
Formula for Actual Brayton Cycle
• Actual Compressor Work • Net Work
• 𝑊𝑐 =′ 𝑊𝑐
= 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇2 ′ − 𝑇1 • 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 ′ = 𝑊𝑡 ′ − 𝑊𝑐 ′
𝑒𝑐
• Pressure Ratio
• Actual Turbine Work 𝑃2
• 𝑊𝑡 ′ = 𝑊𝑡 𝑒𝑡 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇4 ′ • 𝑟𝑝 =
𝑃1
• Heat Added • Back Work Ratio
• 𝑄𝐴 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇2 ′ ′ 𝑊𝑐 ′
• 𝑟𝑏 =
𝑊𝑡 ′
• Heat Rejected
• Thermal Efficiency
• 𝑄𝑅 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇4 ′ − 𝑇1 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 ′
• 𝑒′ =
𝑄𝐴
Brayton Reheat Cycle
QA2
QA1 Wt1
Wt2
Wc QR
Formula for Brayton Reheat Cycle
• Heat Added (Combustor) • Turbine Work (HP)
• 𝑄𝐴1 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇2 • 𝑊𝑡1 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇4
• Heat Added (Heater) • Turbine Work (LP)
• 𝑄𝐴2 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇5 − 𝑇4 • 𝑊𝑡2 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇5 − 𝑇6
• Heat Added Total • Turbine Work Total
• 𝑄𝐴𝑇 = 𝑄𝐴1 + 𝑄𝐴2 • 𝑊𝑡𝑇 = 𝑊𝑡1 + 𝑊𝑡2
• Heat Rejected • Net Work
• 𝑄𝑅 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇6 − 𝑇1 • 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑊𝑡𝑇 − 𝑊𝑐
• Compressor Work • Thermal Efficiency
𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡
• 𝑊𝑐 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇2 − 𝑇1 •𝑒=
𝑄𝐴
Brayton Regenerative Cycle
QA Wt
Wc
QR
Formula for Regenerative Brayton Cycle
• Heat Added • Compressor Work
• 𝑄𝐴 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇4 − 𝑇3 • 𝑊𝑐 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇2 − 𝑇1
• Heat Rejected • Net Work
• 𝑄𝑅 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇6 − 𝑇1 • 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝑊𝑡 − 𝑊𝑐
• Heat Regen (Ideal) • Regenerator Effectiveness
𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑔 ′ 𝑇3 −𝑇2 𝑇3 −𝑇2
• 𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑔 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇5 − 𝑇6 • 𝑒𝑟 =
𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑔
=
𝑇5 −𝑇6
=
𝑇5 −𝑇2
;
• Heat Regen (Actual) • 𝑇6 = 𝑇2 𝑖𝑓 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑
′
• 𝑄𝑟𝑒𝑔 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇3 − 𝑇2 • Thermal Efficiency
𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡
• Turbine Work •𝑒=
𝑄𝐴
• 𝑊𝑡 = 𝑚𝐶𝑝 𝑇4 − 𝑇5
1. A Brayton cycle operates between temperature limits of 300K and 1773K. What is the temperature at the end of
isentropic compression so that the work of the cycle is maximum?
A. 730K
B. 659 K
C. 380 K
D. 670 K
2. An ideal Brayton Cycle with back work ratio of 0.4 has a net output of 150 KJ/kg. Compute the net output work of the
cycle given that both the turbine and compressor efficiencies equivalent to 80%.
A. 50 kj/kg
B. 75 kJ/kg
C. 65 Kj/kg
D. 130 Kj/kg
3. What is the thermal efficiency of an air-standard Brayton Cycle if the air enters and leaves the turbine at 100K and
550K respectively?
A. 40.74%
B. 44.99%
C. 50.38%
D. 54.86%