Calculating the Efficiency of an Ericsson Cycle
An Ericsson cycle with air as the working fluid is operating between a low temperature of 70°C and a high temperature of 450°C, a low pressure of 2 bar, and a pressure compression ratio of 8 (so that the high pressure is 16 bar). Assume that at these conditions air can be considered to be an ideal gas with C_{ P }^{*} constant. Compute the properties at each point in each of these cycles and the cycle efficiencies.