A heat engine receives heat from a source at 1200 K at a rate of 500 kJ/s and rejects the wasted heat to a sink at 300 K. If the power output of the engine is 200 kW, the second law efficiency of this heat engine is?

The otto-cycle engine in a Mercedes-Benz slk230 has a compression ratio of 8.8. What is the ideal efficiency of the engine?

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Calculate the theoretical efficiency for an otto cycle engine with γ=1.40 and r=9.50.

A regenerative gas turbine power plant is
shown in Fig. P1. Air enters the compressor at 1
bar, 27ºC with a mass flow rate of 0.562 kg/s and
is compressed to 4 bar. The isentropic efficiency of
the compressor is 80%, and the regenerator
effectiveness is 90%. All the power developed by
the high-pressure turbine is used to run the
compressor. The low-pressure turbine provides the
net power output. Each turbine has an isentropic
efficiency of 87% and the temperature at the inlet
to the high-pressure turbine is 1200 K. Sketch the
corresponding T – s diagram and determine: (a) The net power output, in kW. (b) The thermal
efficiency. (c) The temperature of the air at states
2, 3, 5, 6, and 7, in K.