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Diesel Cycle Numerical

1) The document describes a numerical problem solving the Diesel cycle with a compression ratio of 20:1 and cut-off ratio of 2. 2) It calculates the mass of intake air, the temperature at the end of compression, the pressure at the end of compression, and the temperature at the end of combustion. 3) It then calculates the amount of heat added during combustion and the thermal efficiency of the Diesel cycle, which is determined to be 64.7% for this example.

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Diesel Cycle Numerical

1) The document describes a numerical problem solving the Diesel cycle with a compression ratio of 20:1 and cut-off ratio of 2. 2) It calculates the mass of intake air, the temperature at the end of compression, the pressure at the end of compression, and the temperature at the end of combustion. 3) It then calculates the amount of heat added during combustion and the thermal efficiency of the Diesel cycle, which is determined to be 64.7% for this example.

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Diesel Cycle

Numerical
Problem
 In this example let assume the Diesel cycle with compression ratio of
CR = 20 : 1 and cut-off ratio α = 2. The air is at 100 kPa = 1 bar, 20 °C
(293 K), and the volume of the chamber is 500 cm³ prior to the
compression stroke.
 Specific heat capacity at constant pressure of air at atmospheric
pressure and room temperature: cp = 1.01 kJ/kgK.
 Specific heat capacity at constant volume of air at atmospheric
pressure and room temperature: cv = 0.718 kJ/kgK.
 κ = cp/cv = 1.4
Solution
Solution
 Calculate:
 the mass of intake air
 the temperature T2
 the pressure p2
 the temperature T3
 the amount of heat added by burning of fuel-air mixture
 the thermal efficiency of this cycle
Solution
 1)
 At the beginning of calculations we have to determine the amount of gas in the
cylinder before the compression stroke. Using the ideal gas law, we can find the
mass:
 pV = mRspecificT
 where:
 p is the absolute pressure of the gas
 m is the mass of substance
 T is the absolute temperature
 V is the volume
 Rspecific is the specific gas constant, equal to the universal gas constant divided by
the molar mass (M) of the gas or mixture. For dry air R specific = 287.1 J.kg-1.K-1.
 Therefore
 m = p1V1/RspecificT1 = (100000 × 500×10-6 )/(287.1 × 293) = 5.95×10-4 kg
Solution

 2)
 In this problem all volumes are known:
 V1 = V4 = Vmax = 500×10-6 m3 (0.5l)
 V2 = Vmin = Vmax / CR = 25 ×10-6 m3
 Note that (Vmax – Vmin) x number of cylinders = total engine displacement
 Since the process is adiabatic, we can use the following p, V, T relation for
adiabatic processes:
 T2/T1 = (V1/V2)^k-1
 T2 = T1 . CRκ – 1 = 293 . 200.4 = 971 K
Solution

 3)
 Again, we can use the ideal gas law to find the pressure at the end of the compression stroke as:
 Pv=mRT
 r=V1/V2
 20=500*10^-6/V2
 V2=500*10^-6 /20
 p2 = mRspecificT2 / V2
  = 5.95×10-4 x 287.1 x 971 / 25 ×10-6
  = 6635000 Pa
 = 66.35 bar
Solution
 4)
 Since process 2 → 3 occurs at constant pressure, the ideal gas equation of
state gives
 Alpha=V3/V2
 2*25*10^-6=V3
 T3/T2 = V3/V2
 T3 = (V3/V2) x T2 = 1942 K
 To calculate the amount of heat added by burning of fuel-air mixture, Q add,
we have to use the first law of thermodynamics for isobaric process, which
states:
 Qadd = mcp (T3 – T2) = 5.95×10-4 x 1010 x 971 = 583.5 J
Solution

 5)
 Thermal efficiency for this Diesel cycle:
 the thermal efficiency of Diesel cycle is a function of the compression ratio, the cut-off ratio and
κ:

 1- 1/20^0.4 (2^1.4 -1)/(1.4(2-1))


  is the maximum thermal efficiency of a Diesel cycle
Diesel

 α is the cut-off ration V3/V2 (i.e. the ratio of volumes at the end and start of the combustion phase)
 CR is the compression ratio
 κ = cp/cv = 1.4
 For this example:
 ηDiesel = 0.6467 = 64.7%

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