After completing today's reading, exercises, and the associated homework you should be able to:
State the assumptions used for the air standard analysis of a gas power cycle
State the assumptions used for the cold air standard analysis of a gas power cycle
Give the steps in an ideal Otto Cycle and draw the corresponding T-s and P-v diagrams
Used conservation of energy and the appropriate property relations to calculate the heat transfer and work in/out of each step of an Otto cycle as well as to calculate the cycle efficiency