BETD 2313- Assignment 1

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Instruction
1. A group consists of maximum 3 people
2. All questions should be answer in hand writing except for the cover page
3. The assignment should be submitted in week 12 (2 December 6 December) according to
teaching plan.
Question 1
A Proton Campro engine (S4PH) has a four cylinder, four stroke, 1.6L petrol engine operates on the
Otto cycle with a compression ratio of 11. The air is at 100 kPa and 37C at the beginning of the
compression process and the maximum pressure in the cycle is 8 MPa. The compression and
expansion process may be modeled as polytropic with a polytropic constant 1.3. Using constant
specific heates at 850 K., determine
a) The temperature at the end of the expansion process
b) The net work output and the thermal efficiency
c) The mean effictive pressure
d) The engine speed for a net power output of 50 kW
e) The specific fuel consumtion, in g/kWh, defined as the ratio of the mass of the fuel
consumed to the net work produced. The aie fuel ration, defined as the amount of air
divided by the amound of fuel intake, is 16.
BETD 2313- Assignment 1
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Question 2
The first law of thermodynamic describes the energy is conserved which can not be be destroyed or
created. The conventional power plant is used to convert the energy to generate the electricity and
was used in many countries in the world. Yet, the steam power plant as shown in Figure 1 required
high fuel resources. Nowadays, the alternative energy like wind turbine as shown in Figure 2 had
shown the great potential in generating electricity. Discuss the efficiency of the steam power plant
(Rankine cycle) and wind turbine included the following area in your report;
a) illustrate the system, component and mechanism
b) Provide an example of efficiency calculation ( = output / input)
c) Suggest how improve the efficiency
d) Advantage and disadvantage
Figure 1 Steam Power Plant (Source: http://www.ducon.com/power.php)
Figure 2 Wind Turbine (source: http://www.virginiaenergy.org)