OTTO Cycle Summery

(Qin Qout) + (Win-Wout) = Uf - Ui

Process
1-2

Description
Adiabatic Compression

Constant Specific Heat + Adiabatic

Variable Specific Heat

Constant Specific Heat + Polytropic

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2-3

Constant Volume Heat Addition

3-4

Adiabatic Expansion

Qin =

(
)
Qin = m Cv (T3 T2)
=
(
)

Qout =

(
)
Qout = m Cv (T4 T1)
(
)

Qin = m Cv (T3 T2)

=
(
)
(

4-1

Constant Volume Heat Rejection

Qout = m Cv (T4 T1)

(
)

Mean
Effective
Pressure
Thermal
Efficiency

Q_out_TOTAL = Q(4-1) + Q(1-2)

Q_in_TOTAL = Q(2-3) + Q(3-4)

For Polytropic process ONLY,

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For Variable Specific Heat we use Table A-17 to find the values of U with the help of the following equation; ( )
Some Helpful relations:
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