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    Brayton Cycle: The Ideal Cycle For Gas-Turbine Engines

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    This document describes the ideal Brayton cycle used in gas turbine engines. It provides an example calculation for a gas turbine with a pressure ratio of 8. It determines (a) the exit temperatures of the compressor and turbine, (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the thermal efficiency. The back work ratio is 0.403, meaning 40.3% of the turbine work output is used to drive the compressor. The thermal efficiency is 42.6%, calculated as the ratio of net power output to total heat input.

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    Brayton Cycle: The Ideal Cycle For Gas-Turbine Engines

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    This document describes the ideal Brayton cycle used in gas turbine engines. It provides an example calculation for a gas turbine with a pressure ratio of 8. It determines (a) the exit temperatures of the compressor and turbine, (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the thermal efficiency. The back work ratio is 0.403, meaning 40.3% of the turbine work output is used to drive the compressor. The thermal efficiency is 42.6%, calculated as the ratio of net power output to total heat input.

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    This document describes the ideal Brayton cycle used in gas turbine engines. It provides an example calculation for a gas turbine with a pressure ratio of 8. It determines (a) the exit temperatures of the compressor and turbine, (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the thermal efficiency. The back work ratio is 0.403, meaning 40.3% of the turbine work output is used to drive the compressor. The thermal efficiency is 42.6%, calculated as the ratio of net power output to total heat input.

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    Brayton Cycle: The Ideal Cycle For Gas-Turbine Engines

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    Billy Jhun
    This document describes the ideal Brayton cycle used in gas turbine engines. It provides an example calculation for a gas turbine with a pressure ratio of 8. It determines (a) the exit temperatures of the compressor and turbine, (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the thermal efficiency. The back work ratio is 0.403, meaning 40.3% of the turbine work output is used to drive the compressor. The thermal efficiency is 42.6%, calculated as the ratio of net power output to total heat input.

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    BRAYTON CYCLE: THE IDEAL CYCLE

    FOR GAS-TURBINE ENGINES


    Example:
    A gas-turbine power plant operating on an ideal Brayton cycle has a pressure ratio of 8. The gas temperature is
    300 K at the compressor inlet and 1300 K at the turbine inlet. Utilizing the air-standard assumptions, determine
    (a) the gas temperature at the exits of the compressor and the turbine, (b) the back work ratio, and (c) the
    thermal efficiency.

    Solution:

    Process 1-2 (isentropic compression of an ideal gas):


    T1 = 300 K h1 = 300.19 kJ/kg

    Pr1 = 1.386

    Pr2 = (P2/P1)Pr1 = (8)(1.386) = 11.09 T2 = 540 K


    h2 = 544.35 kJ/kg

    Process 3-4 (Isentropic expansion of an ideal gas):

    T3 = 1300 K h3 = 1395.97 kJ/kg


    Pr3 = 330.09
    Pr4 = (P4/P3)Pr3 = (1/8) (330.09) = 41.36 T4 = 770 K ( at turbine exit )
    h4 = 789.37 kJ/kg

    (b) To find the back work ratio, we need to find the work input to the compressor and the work
    output of the turbine:
    Wcomp,in = h2 - h1 = 544.35 - 300.19 = 244.16 kJ/kg
    Wturb,out = h3 - h4 = 1395.97 - 789.37 = 606.60 kJ/kg

    Thus,
    rbw = (Wcomp,in)/(Wturb,out) = 244.16 kJ/kg/ 606.60 kJ/kg = 0.403

    That is, 40.3 percent of the turbine work output is used just to drive the compressor.

    (c) The thermal efficiency of the cycle is the ratio of the net power output to
    the total heat input:

    qin = h3-h2 = 1395.97 - 544.35 = 851.62 kJ/kg


    Wnet = Wout - Win = 606.60 - 244.16 =362.4 kJ/kg
    Thus,

    nth = Wnet/qin = 362.4 kJ/kg/851.62 kJ/kg = 0.426 or 42.6 %


    Thank You!!!

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