A 2.4-L gasoline fuelled internal combustion engine produces a maximum power of 200 hp when the fuel

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A 2.4-L gasoline fuelled internal combustion engine produces a maximum power of 200 hp when the fuel is burned stoichiometrically with air. The thermal efficiency of the engine at this maximum power is 40 percent. Estimate the maximum power from this engine if methanol (CH3OH or CH4O) is used under stoichiometric combustion with the same thermal efficiency. Determine the rates of gasoline and methanol consumption for the maximum power operation. The stoichiometric air-fuel ratio for gasoline is 14.6. Assume a combustion efficiency of 100 percent. The lower heating values of gasoline and methanol are 18,490 Btu/lbm and 8620 Btu/lbm, respectively.
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Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach

ISBN: 978-0073398174

8th edition

Authors: Yunus A. Cengel, Michael A. Boles

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