Gas Power Cycles

Prof. U.S.P. Shet , Prof. T. Sundararajan and Prof. J.M . Mallikarjuna

4.9 Lenoir Cycle:

Volume

(a)
2

3
1

Entropy

(b)
Fig.4.9. Lenoir cycle on p-v and T-s diagrams

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Gas Power Cycles

Prof. U.S.P. Shet , Prof. T. Sundararajan and Prof. J.M . Mallikarjuna

The Lenoir cycle consists of the following processes:

Process 1-2: Constant volume heat addition

Process 2-3: Reversible adiabatic expansion

Process 3-4: Constant pressure heat rejection.

No compression process.

The thermal efficiency can be derived as follows:

th =

C v ( T2 - T1 ) - Cp ( T3 - T1 )
Heat added - Heat rejected
=
Heat added
C v ( T2 - T1 )
T -T
th = 1 - 3 1
T2 - T1

Let,

P2
= rp = Pressure ratio
P1

T2 = rp T1
P
T3
= 3
T2
P2

-1

P
= 1
P2

( )

T3 = T2 rp

1
-1

th

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-1

1
=
1

( )

= T1 rp rp

1
-1

rp - 1

=1rp - 1

-1

( rp )

( )

= T1 rp

1
-1