Diesel Cycle Calculator

This calculator calculates equations commonly used for the Diesel Cycle, namely ratio equations, efficiency and the mean effective pressure.
The following are the variables for the equations...
Inputs﻿﻿V(1)
:150.00L​
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﻿﻿V(2)
:100.00L​
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﻿﻿V(3)
:200.00L​
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﻿﻿V(4)
:125.00L​
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Output﻿﻿r(k)
:1.50​
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rk=V1V2r_k=\frac{V_1}{V_2}rk​=V2​V1​​
﻿﻿r(e)
:0.63​
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rc=V3V2r_c=\frac{V_3}{V_2}rc​=V2​V3​​
﻿﻿r(c)
:2.00​
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re=V4V3r_e=\frac{V_4}{V_3}re​=V3​V4​​
Inputs﻿﻿k
:50.00​
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﻿﻿Q(h)
:30.00kJ​
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﻿﻿Q(c)
:20.00kJ​
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Output﻿﻿η
:0.97​
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ηdiesel=1−rck−1krkk−1(rc−1)\eta_{diesel}=1-\frac{r_c^k-1}{kr_k^{k-1}(r_c-1)}ηdiesel​=1−krkk−1​(rc​−1)rck​−1​
﻿﻿MEP
:0.61​
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MEP=P1[Deff−Neff](k−1)(1−1rk)=Qh−Qc(k−1)(1−1rk)MEP=\frac{P_1[D_{eff}-N_{eff}]}{(k-1)(1-\frac{1}{r_k})}=\frac{Q_h-Q_c}{(k-1)(1-\frac{1}{r_k})}MEP=(k−1)(1−rk​1​)P1​[Deff​−Neff​]​=(k−1)(1−rk​1​)Qh​−Qc​​
In using the calculators and inputting values above, refer to Figure 1 and the different states of the diesel cycle.
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Figure 1: Pressure vs Volume Graph for a Diesel Cycle
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