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Air Flow and Carnot Cycle Analysis

The document discusses the flow of air in an insulated pipe with given pressures and temperatures at two stations, A and B. It also includes examples of a Carnot cycle's isothermal heat addition process and a Carnot refrigerator's operation, detailing calculations for entropy changes and heat removal rates. Key parameters such as specific heat and gas constants are provided for the analysis.

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Air Flow and Carnot Cycle Analysis

The document discusses the flow of air in an insulated pipe with given pressures and temperatures at two stations, A and B. It also includes examples of a Carnot cycle's isothermal heat addition process and a Carnot refrigerator's operation, detailing calculations for entropy changes and heat removal rates. Key parameters such as specific heat and gas constants are provided for the analysis.

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Air is The pressure and

flowing steadily in an insulated [Link]. Establish the


temperature at stations A and B are given
direction of flow of air in pipe. Assume Cp = 1.005 kJ/kg-Kand R=
0.287 kJ/Kg-K
Station A Station B

Pressure 130 kPa 100 kPa


Temperature 50'C 13°C
Solution
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Ths
as
gen

Example 6.6 During the isothermal heat addition process of a Carnot cycle, 900 kJ
at 400°C. Determine
heat is added to the working fluid from a source

(a) the entropy change of the working fluid


(b) the entropy change of the source
(c) the total entropy change of the process
Solution:
Refer the figure below,
Given: Heat transferred, Q 900 kJ
Temperature of source, Tsourca= 400°C =
673 K
Source

As this is a reversible isothermal process 400°C

900kJ

source Cnuid
(but onily sign will change as source rejects heat and fluid accepis
0
. sourCe- 1.337 kJ/K
Asoutce Source 673
and Cnuid + process is
reversibe)

AShid lquid
=
sourceuid
as

+1.337 kJ/K
gen ASotal Asource+Anuid
-1.337 1.337
0 (as it should be for a reversible process)
Example 5.11 A Carnot refrigerator operates in a room in which the
temperature is 25°C.
The refrigerator consumes 500 W of power when operating and has a cOPof 4.5. Determine

(a) the rate of heat removal from the refrigerated space and
(b) the temperature of the refrigerated space.

Solution
Refer to the figure Room 298 K
Given:
Room temperature, TH 25°C=298 K
W
Power consumption, W 500 W
COP 45
As it is given that this is a Carnot refrigerator Refrigerated
Space, T
COPR TH-TL
4.5
298-7L
T 243.82 K = -29.18°C

also, COP W
of W
à =
COPR
4.5 x 500 =
2250 W= 2.25 kW

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