Question: The Toyota Prius has an internal combustion engine that operates on the Atkinson cycle. The Atkinson cycle consists of the following thermodynamic processes: Isentropic
The Toyota Prius has an internal combustion engine that operates on the Atkinson cycle. The Atkinson cycle consists of the following thermodynamic processes:
Isentropic compression
Isochoric heat addition
Isentropic expansion
Isobaric heat rejection
A PV plot of the Atkinson cycle is shown below:
Note that the expansion stroke VV is longer than the compression stroke. If the compression ratio is and the expansion ratio is the temperature and pressure before compression are K and kPa respectively. Determine, to significant figures, the network produced by the engine in kJkg:

P 3. 2 1 4 V
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