Research Article
Exergy Analysis of the Revolving Vane Compressed Air Engine
Table 3
Data of variation of suction reservoir pressure.
| | Suction pressure (bar) | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| | Suction valve opening angle | 116° | 94° | 84° | 67° | 58° | | Second-law efficiency | 3.0% | 30.0% | 29.6% | 31.6% | 30.2% | | Exergy supplied (W) | 359 | 551 | 662 | 737 | 803 | | Exergy destroyed (W) | 348 | 386 | 466 | 504 | 560 | | Contribution of throttling (W) | 100 | 119 | 179 | 206 | 249 | | Contribution of friction (W) | 224 | 225 | 226 | 226 | 227 |
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