Week 8

TOTAL POINTS 12

1.Question 1
Which statement is false?

1 point

The Rankine Cycle uses water as its working fluid while the Brayton Cycle uses air.

Both Brayton cycle efficiency and Rankine cycle efficiency increase with a increase in burner
operating pressure.

Both the Brayton Cycle and the Rankine Cycle have phase change.

The compressor in the Brayton Cycle is comparable to the pump in the Rankine Cycle

2.Question 2
What is the efficiency of a Brayton Cycle if the specific work into the compressor is 330 kJ/kg and
the specific work out of the turbine is 675 kJ/kg and the specific heat transfered into the heat
exchanger is 580 kJ/kg?

1 point

37%

41%

59%

170%

3.Question 3
Determine the efficiency given the following fictional specific enthalpies: h_1 = 300 kJ/kg, h_2 = 580
kJ/kg, h_3 = 1460 kJ/kg, h_4 =750 kJ/kg. (Assume that state 1 is the entrance to the compressor,
state two is between the compressor and the burner, state 3 is between the burner and the turbine
and state 4 is the exit of the turbine)

1 point

53%

32%

49%

80%

4.Question 4
Determine the back work ratio given the following fictional specific enthalpies used in the previous
problem: h_1 = 300 kJ/kg, h_2 = 580 kJ/kg, h_3 = 1460 kJ/kg, h_4 =750 kJ/kg. (Assume that state 1
is the entrance to the compressor, state two is between the compressor and the burner, state 3 is
between the burner and the turbine and state 4 is the exit of the turbine)

1 point

39%

2.5%

55%

67%

5.Question 5
Find the approximate efficiency of a combined cycle with 40% electricity out of both the Rankine and
Brayton cycles.
1 point

40%

16%

64%

24%

6.Question 6
Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

1 point

Natural Gas

Sunlight

Wind

Wind, sun, and natural gas are renewable resources.

7.Question 7
Which of the following has the largest energy density on a per volume basis?

1 point

Hydrogen

Diesel

Coal
Oil

8.Question 8
Which of the following has the largest energy density on a per mass basis?

1 point

Hydrogen

Coal

Liquid Fuels

Oil

9.Question 9
What is the mass flow rate of a refrigeration fluid with a density of 1136 kg/m^3, a volume flow rate
of 0.015 cm^3 / s?

1 point

0.013 g/s

13 kg/s

0.017 g/s

17 kg/s

10.Question 10
*COP > 1.... If the heat transfer into a refrigeration system is 278 kJ/s and the work of the cycle is
325 kJ/s, then what is the efficiency of the refrigeration system?

1 point
14%

17%

55%

86%

11.Question 11
An Ideal Brayton cycle has:

1 point

2 isentropic processes and 2 isothermal processes

2 isentropic processes and 2 isochoric processes

2 isentropic processes and 2 isobaric processes

12.Question 12
The Brayton cycle has the same 4 processes as the Rankine cycle, but the T-S and P-V diagrams
look very different; why is that?

1 point

Rankine Cycle have all the processes in saturated liquid region

Brayton cycle crosses in over the two-phase region

Brayton cycle have all the processes in superheated region