Learning Objectives
After completing today's reading, exercises, and the associated homework you should be able to:
Explain the difference between
vapor power cycles
and
gas power cycles
Identify the key assumptions in
air standard
and
cold air standard analyses
Identify the processes that comprise an ideal air standard
Brayton cycle
Sketch the
T
-
s
and
p
-
v
diagrams for an air standard Brayton cycle
Calculate the work (or power) and heat transfer (or rate of heat transfer) for each process in an air standard Brayton cycle
Calculate the cycle efficiency for an air standard Brayton cycle
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