clear; clc; disp('Example 11.2') // aim : To determine the // (a) the diameter of the cylinder // (b) piston stroke // (c) actual steam consumption and indicated thermal efficiency // Given values P = 900;// inlet pressure, [kN/m^2] Pb = 140;// exhaust pressure, [kN/m^2] cut_off =.4;// [stroke] k = .8;// diagram factor rs = 1.2;// stroke to bore ratio N = 4;// engine speed, [rev/s] ip = 22.5;// power output from the engine, [kW] // solution // (a) r = 1/cut_off;// expansion ratio Pm = P/r*(1+log(r))-Pb;// mean effective pressure, [kN/m^2] Pm = Pm*k;// actual mean effective pressure, [kN/m^2] // using ip=Pm*L*A*N // and L=r*d; where L is stroke and d is bore d = (ip/(Pm*rs*%pi/4*2*N))^(1/3);// diameter of the cylinder, [m] mprintf('\n (a) The diameter of the cylinder is = %f mm\n',d*1000); // (b) L = rs*d;// stroke, [m] mprintf('\n (b) The piston stroke is = %f mm\n',L*1000); // (c) SV = %pi/4*d^2*L;// stroke volume, [m^3] V = SV*cut_off*2*240*60;// volume of steam consumed per hour, [m^3] v = .2148;// specific volume at 900 kN/m^2, [m^3/kg] SC = V/v;// steam consumed/h, [kg] ASC = 1.5*SC;// actual steam consumption/h, [kg] mprintf('\n (c) The actual steam consumption/h is = %f kg\n',ASC); m_dot = ASC/3600;// steam consumption,[kg/s] // from steam table hg = 2772.1;// specific enthalpy of inlet steam, [kJ/kg] hfe = 458.4;// specific liquid enthalpy at exhaust pressure, [kJ/kg] ITE = ip/(m_dot*(hg-hfe));// indicated thermal efficiency mprintf('\n The indicated thermal efficiency is = %f percent\n',ITE*100); // End