After completing today's reading, exercises, and the associated homework you should be able to:
Give two methods by which an ideal Brayton Cycle's efficiency can be increased
Explain the functions of a reheater, an intercooler, and a regenerator
Used conservation of energy and the appropriate property relations to calculate the rate of heat transfer and/or the power in/out of each step of a Brayton Cycle that includes non-ideal turbines and compressors, reheaters, intercoolers, and regeneration
Calculate the cycle efficiency for the above
Explain what is meant by ideal regeneration and non-ideal regeneration