Many small airplanes are powered by the turboprop engine (pictured). A simplistic view of a turboprop engine consists of the following 3 processes: compression of incoming air to an elevated pressure...

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Extracted text: Many small airplanes are powered by the turboprop engine (pictured). A simplistic view of a turboprop engine consists of the following 3 processes: compression of incoming air to an elevated pressure in a compressor, heating of the compressed air in a combustion chamber, and expansion of the hot compressed air to extract shaft work in a turbine. The shaft work is used to drive the compressor and the rotating blades of the propeller. Prop Gearbox Compressor Turbine Exhaust Combustion chamber Shaft Data: Incoming air temperature = 235 K Ambient air pressure at the cruise altitude of the airplane = 70 kPa Constant-pressure heat capacity of air = 30 J mol·1 K-1 Molar flow rate of air through the engine = 100 mol s-1 Heat transfer rate in the combustion chamber = 1.1 MW Pressure ratio (Pout/Pin) of compressor = 12.0 In an idealized turboprop engine, the air goes through what is called a Brayton cycle. The compressor and the turbine operates isentropically, and there is no pressure loss in the combustion chamber. Calculate the difference in molar exergy between the incoming air and the exhaust, assuming the combustion chamber acts as our infinite heat source at 1000 K. Hence, determine the Second Law efficiency of the idealized turboprop engine. Why is your answer not 100% even for this idealized turboprop engine?