Consider an ideal Stirling cycle using air as the working fluid. Air is at 350 K and 200 kPa at the beginning of the isothermal compression process, and heat is supplied to air from a source at 1800 K in the amount of 900 kJ/kg. Determine (a) the maximum pressure in the cycle and (b) the net work output per unit mass of air

Consider an ideal Stirling cycle using air as the working fluid. Air is at 350 K and 200 kPa at the beginning of the isothermal compression process, and heat is supplied to air from a source at 1800 K in the amount of 900 kJ/kg. Determine (a) the maximum pressure in the cycle and (b) the net work output per unit mass of air

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