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Dual Cycle PDF
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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
3 4
Volume
Constant Volume
Constant Pressure
4
2
5
Entropy
Fig.4.6. Dual cycle on p-v and T-s diagrams
Heat rejected = m C v ( T5 - T1 )
m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 ) - m C v ( T5 - T1 )
th =
m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 )
T5 - T1
th = 1 -
( T3 - T2 ) + ( T4 - T3 )
P3 v v
Let, = 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
-1 -1 -1
T5 v v v r
= 4 = 4. 2 = c
T4 v5 v 2 v5 r
-1
r
T5 = T4 c = T1 rp rc
r
T1 rp rc - T1
th = 1 -
{( T r
1
-1
) (
rp - T1 r - 1 + T1 r - 1 rp rc - T1 r - 1 rp )}
= 1-
( rp rc - 1)
{( rp r - 1 - r - 1 ) + ( rp rc r - 1 - rp r - 1 )}
1 rp rc - 1
th 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.
Workdone
mep =
Displacement volume
m C v ( T3 - T2 ) + m Cp ( T4 - T3 ) - m C v ( T5 - T1 )
=
v1 - v 2
m C v ( - 1) T1 r - 1
v1 - v 2 =
p1 r
p1 r T3 - T2 ( T4 - T3 ) T5 - T1
mep = + -
( r -1)( - 1) T1 T1 T1
=
p1 r
( )( )
r - 1 - 1
{ ( ) (
r - 1 rp - 1 + r - 1 rp ( rc - 1) - rp rc - 1 )}
=
p1 r
( )( )
r - 1 - 1
{ {( ) } (
r - 1 rp - 1 + rp ( rc - 1) - rp rc - 1 )}