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The Brayton cycle is the ideal cycle for:

1. Steam power plants
2. Spark-ignition engines
3. Vapor-compression refrigerators
4. Gas turbine engines

Answer

D. Gas turbine engines

Solution

Brayton (Joule) cycle: isentropic compression, constant-pressure heat addition, isentropic expansion, constant-pressure heat rejection.

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