Air standard diesel cycle has a compression ratio

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An air standard Diesel cycle has a compression ratio of 15, and the heat transferred to the working fluid per cycle is 800 Btu/lbm. At the beginning of the compression process the pressure is 14.7 lb/in^2 and the temperature is 60 F. Determine:

a) The pressure and temperature at each point in the cycle.

b) The thermal efficiency

c) The mean effective pressure

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