Someone has suggested that the air standard Otto cycle is more accurate if the two isentropic processes are replaced with polytropic processes with a polytropic exponent of n = 1.3. Consider such a cycle when the compression ratio is 8, P 1 is 95 kPa, T1 is 15 C and the maximum cycle temperature is 1200 C. Determine the heat transferred to and rejected from this cycle as well as the cycles thermal efficiency. Use constant specific heats at room temperature. Answers 835 kJ/kg, 420 kJ/kg, 49.8%.

A3-mm-thick panel of aluminum alloy (k 177 w/m-k, c 875 j/kg-k and ? = 2770 kg/m) is finished on both sides with an epoxy coating that must be cured at or above t,-150°c for at least 5 min. the production line for the curing operation involves two steps: (1) heating in a large oven with air at ts,0-175°c and a convection coefficient of h, 40 w/m2. k, and (2) cooling in a large chamber with air at 25°c and a con- vection coefficient of he 10 w/m2.k. the heating portion of the process is conducted over a time interval te which exceeds the ime required to reach 150°c by 5 min (h = r + 300 s). the coating has an emissivity of ? = 0.8, and the temperatures of the oven and chamber walls are 175 and 25°c, respectively. if the panel is placed in the oven at an initial temperature of 25°c and removed from the chamber at a safe-to-touch tempera ture of 37°c, what is the total elapsed time for the two-step curing operation?