9-73 A simple Brayton cycle using air as the working 7 fluid has a pressure ratio of 8. The minimum and maximum temperatures in the cycle are 310 and 1160 K. Assuming an isentropic efficiency of 75 percent for the com- pressor and 82 percent for the turbine, determine (a) the air temperature at the turbine exit, (6) the net work output, and (c) the thermal efficiency. 9-75 A simple Brayton eycle with air as the working fluid has a pressure ratio of 8. The air temperature at the turbine exit, the net work output, andthe thermal efficiency are to be determined Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exst.2 The ai stnard assumptions are applicable 8 Kinetic {nd potential enerey changes are negisble 4 Airs an ideal ens with constant spevific heats Properties The properties of air at room temperature are ¢, = 1.005 kIkg'K and #=1.4 (Table A-2). Anatyss (2) Using the compressor and tubine efficiency relations, tye x,=7(3 =G1K\of""4 =s615K 4K TT Ne 2310+ 815-310 gas aK O75 byob _ epl-%) or = Ts-n7(Fs-Tas) Ty=has p(s —Ta) p ss 160 -(0.82\1160-640.4) =789K (7, -7,)=(1.005 bang. K)0160-6453 p(T, ~T,) =(.005 kakg 733 9-310) sg = 5173-426 0=91.3 RIG Monee _ 91.3 Keg Qa S173Kkg © m= =17.6%9-76 Air is used as the working fluid in a simple ideal Brayton cycle that has a pressure ratio of 12, a compressor inlet temperature of 300 K. and a turbine inlet temperature of 1000 K. Determine the required mass flow rate of air for a net power output of 70 MW, assuming both the compressor and the turbine have an isentropic efficiency of (a) 100 per- cent and (b) 85 percent. Assume constant specific heats at room temperature. Answers: (a) 352 kg/s, (b) 1037 kp/s 9-76 A gas turbine power plant that operates on the simple Brayton cycle with air as the working fluid has a specified pressure ratio. The required mass flow rate of air isto be determined for two cases. Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air-standard assumptions are applicable 3 Kinetic and potential energy changes are negligible, 4 Airis an ideal gas with constant specific heats. Properties The properties of air at room temperature are ¢ = 1.005 kivkg'K and k= 14 (Table A-2) Analysis (a) Using the isentropic relations, aay n,=1(2) =(200 K)12)°™ = 6102 7 yes =(1000 «(4 =4917K Te =n(% Wycin = Age —hy = Cp (Ta: -7,)= (1.005 ketkg-K X610.2-300)K = 311.75 Kirke War = Hy ~ haz =e (Ts Tez) = (1.005 kirkg- K(1000-491.7)K = 510.84 kikg Weoetout = Wer-oat ~Wecin = 510.84—311.75 = 199.1 kirkg Wrest 70,000 kis Wenan 199-1KITEg =352 kg/s (The net work output is determined to be Mascot = WaT ot —Wacin = Weta Maca Me =(0.85)510.84)-311.75/0 85 =67.5 kike Wareccr _ 70,000 ki/s Wartow 675 kIKg '=1037 kg/s9-82 A gas-turbine power plant operates on the simple Bray- ton cycle with air as the working fluid and delivers 32 MW of power. The minimum and maximum temperatures in the cycle are 310 and 900 K, and the pressure of air at the compressor exit is 8 times the value at the compressor inlet. Assuming an isentropic efficiency of 80 percent for the compressor and 86 percent for the turbine, determine the mass flow rate of air through the cycle, Account for the variation of specific heats with temperature, 9.82 A32-MW gas-turbine power plant operates ona simple Brayton cycle with ar asthe working uid. “The mas flow rate of ai through the cycle isto be determined. Assumptions 1 Steady operating conditions exist. 2 The air standard assumptions are applicable. 3 Kinetic ‘and potential enerey changes are negligible. 4 Airs an weal as with vanable specific heats. Properties The properties of sr are given in Table A-17. Analysis Using variable specific heats, hy =310.24akg By =15546 %-30K— P, ~ Br, -(ss)- 244 —> hg, = 562.26 Wk £)529)9.411 —+ hy, = 51932 1g Tals hag) (ag Ia) = (0.86{932.93~519.32)-(562.26~310 24) (0.80) = 40.68 ke Wane _ 32.000 15 ant ea 4068 KT =786.6 kgis 9-108 Consider an ideal gas-turbine cycle with two stages of compression and two stages of expansion. The pressure ratio across each stage of the compressor and turbine is 3. The air enters each stage of the compressor at 300 K and each stage of the turbine at 1200 K. Determine the back work ratio and the thermal efficiency of the cycle, assuming (a) no regenerator is used and (b) a regenerator with 75 percent effectiveness is used. Use variable specific heats.