Air enters the first compressor stage of a cold air-standard Brayton cycle with regeneration and intercooling at 100 kPa, 300 K, with a mass flow rate of 6 kg/s. The overall compressor pressure ratio is 10, and the pressure ratios are the same across each compressor stage. The temperature at the inlet to the second compressor stage is 300 K. The temperature at the inlet to the turbine is 1400 K. The compressor stages and turbine each have isentropic efficiencies of 80% and the regenerator effectiveness is 80%.
For k = 1.4, calculate:
(A) the thermal efficiency of the cycle.
(B) the back work ratio.
(C) the net power developed, in kW.
(D) the rates of exergy destruction in each compressor stage and the turbine stage as well as the regenerator, in kW, for T0 = 300 K.