The Ideal Diesel Cycle
An ideal Diesel cycle with air as the working fluid has a compression ratio of 18 and a cutoff ratio of 2. At the beginning of the compression process, the working fluid is at 14.7 psia, 80°F, and 117 in³. Utilizing the cold-air-standard assumptions, determine (a) the temperature and pressure of air a the end of each process, (b) the net work output and the thermal efficiency, and (c) the mean effective pressure.