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1) This document describes an ideal gas turbine cycle with reheat and defines the problem of finding the compressor pressure ratio that optimizes the specific work output. 2) It introduces key equations relating the pressure ratio, temperatures, and specific work output. 3) By combining these equations and introducing nondimensional parameters, it arrives at an equation to differentiate and find the optimal pressure ratio that maximizes specific work output.

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1) This document describes an ideal gas turbine cycle with reheat and defines the problem of finding the compressor pressure ratio that optimizes the specific work output. 2) It introduces key equations relating the pressure ratio, temperatures, and specific work output. 3) By combining these equations and introducing nondimensional parameters, it arrives at an equation to differentiate and find the optimal pressure ratio that maximizes specific work output.

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Exercise 2.

3
5
T

1 2 3 4 5 6
BU BU

2 4
CO TU TU 6

1 S

Figure 1: Ideal gas turbine cycle with reheat

Problem de nition:
 Ideal cycle assumptions (C.R.S. p.37)
 Reheat to T5 = T3
 Pressure ratio equally distributed between turbines
Find the compressure pressure ratio r, that optimizes the speci c work output
Ws .

Solution: The speci c work is found from


Ws = cp (T3 , T4 ) + cp (T5 , T6 ) , cp (T2 , T1 ) (1)
| {z } | {z }
Turbine work Compressor work
We have to derive Ws as a function of r!
Use that the pressure ratio is equally divided between the turbines, i.e.:
 2  2
P2 P3 P5
r= =  = PP3
P1 P4 P6
= PP5 (2)
4 6
and that
T5 = T3 = Fixed upper limit due to strength of turbine material (3)
Combine these two relations with 1 to get:
     
T4 T T
Ws = cp T3 1 , + cp T5 1 , 6 , cp T1 2 , 1 =
T3 T5 T1
= [ Isentropic compression] =
  , 1 !   , 1 !  
1
cp T3 1 , p + cp T5 1 , p1r , cp T1 r , 1 , 1 =
r
"   , 1 !  #
= [T3 = T5 ] = cp T3 2 1 , p1r , TT1 r , 1 , 1 (4)
3

Introduce:
(
T1 ,=
T3 t
1
r =
=)
Ws   1
= 2 1 , , 2 , ( , 1) (5)
1

cp T3 t
Di erentiate with respect to :
 
d Ws
d cp T3
= ,2(, 12 ) , 32 , 1t = 0 (6)

=)
,1
=r = t 32

Learning advice
To get a better feel for this example try to
1. Derive the thermal eciency of the ideal/Brayton cycle
2. Select optimal pressure ratio
Use section 2.1 C.R.S. as tutorial!

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