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4.6 Limited Pressure Cycle (or Dual Cycle):

This cycle is also called as the dual cycle, which is shown in Fig.4.6. Here the heat
addition occurs partly at constant volume and partly at constant pressure. This cycle is a
closer approximation to the behavior of the actual Otto and Diesel engines because in
the actual engines, the combustion process does not occur exactly at constant volume
or at constant pressure but rather as in the dual cycle.

Process 1-2: Reversible adiabatic compression.

Process 2-3: Constant volume heat addition.
Process 3-4: Constant pressure heat addition.
Process 4-5: Reversible adiabatic expansion.
Process 5-1: Constant volume heat rejection.

2
5
1

Volume

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Constant Volume
Constant Pressure

4
3
2

Entropy
Fig.4.6. Dual cycle on p-v and T-s diagrams

Air Standard Efficiency:

Heat sup plied = m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 )

Heat rejected = m C v ( T5 - T1 )

Net work done = m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 ) - m CV ( T5 - T1 )

th =

m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 ) - m C v ( T5 - T1 )
m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 )

th = 1 -

Let,

T5 - T1
( T3 - T2 ) + ( T4 - T3 )

P3
v
v
= rp ; 4 = rc ; 1 = r
P2
v3
v2

T2 = T1 r - 1
T3 = T2 rp = T1 r - 1 rp
T4 = T3 rc = T1 r - 1 rp rc

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v
T5
= 4
T4
v5

-1

v v
= 4. 2
v 2 v5

r
T5 = T4 c
r

th = 1 -

{( T r

-1

-1

r
= c
r

-1

= T1 rp rc

T1 rp rc - T1

-1

rp - T1 r - 1 + T1 r - 1 rp rc - T1 r - 1 rp

)}

rp rc - 1)
(
= 1{( rp r - 1 - r - 1 ) + ( rp rc r - 1 - rp r - 1 )}
th

rp rc - 1
1
1 - -1

r
rp - 1 + rp ( rc - 1)

From the above equation, it is observed that, a value of rp > 1 results in an increased
efficiency for a given value of rc and . Thus the efficiency of the dual cycle lies between
that of the Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle having the same compression ratio.

Mean Effective Pressure:

mep =

Workdone
Displacement volume

m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 ) - m C v ( T5 - T1 )
v1 - v 2

v1 - v 2 =

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mep =

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T3 - T2
( T4 - T3 ) T5 - T1
p1 r
+

T1
T1
( r -1)( - 1) T1

{ (

)}

p1 r
r - 1 rp - 1 + r - 1 rp ( rc - 1) - rp rc - 1

r
1
1
( )( )

{ {(

} (

)}

p1 r
r - 1 rp - 1 + rp ( rc - 1) - rp rc - 1

r
1
1
( )( )