Compressor
4
Air 1 Turbine
Products
P 3 3
2 T
2
4
1 4 1
v s
Ideal Brayton Cycle - 2
The thermal efficiency of the ideal Brayton cycle is
th
wnet wout win qin qout
q h h
1 out 1 4 1
qin qin qin qin h3 h2
c p (T4 T1 ) T1 (T4 / T1 1)
1 1 equation (1)
c p (T3 T2 ) T2 (T3 / T2 1)
Processes 1-2 and 3-4 are isentropic (adiabatic), therefore
( k 1) / k ( k 1) / k
T2 P2 T3 P3
, and
T1 P1 T4 P4
T2 T3 T T
Also, P2 P3 and P4 P1 , therefore and 2 1
T1 T4 T3 T4
T1 T 1 1
Equation (1) becomes th 1 1 4 1 ( k 1) / k
1
T2 T3 P2 rp( k 1) / k
P1
P2
where rp is the pressure ratio of the compressor and the turbine
P1
Jet Propulsion Cycle
T 4
P=constant
qin
1-2, inlet flow decelerates in the diffuser;
3 5 pressure and temperature increase
F m (V V )
R exit in
Propulsive Power
W = F V m (V V )V
P R aircraft exit in aircraft
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