Carnot cycle - Revision history

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	The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>.		The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>.
	The Carnot cycle consists of four distinct operations:		The Carnot cycle consists of four distinct operations:
	#A reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, ''T''<sub>''H''</sub>		#A reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, ''T''<sub>''Hot''</sub>
	#An isentropic reversible adiabatic expansion of the gas		#An isentropic reversible adiabatic expansion of the gas
	#A reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, ''T''<sub>''C''</sub>		#A reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, ''T''<sub>''Cold''</sub>
	#Finally an isentropic compression of the gas		#Finally an isentropic compression of the gas

			<br>[[Image:Carnot_TS.png\|500px]]
	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Clausius theorem]]		*[[Clausius theorem]]

Carl McBride at 12:20, 20 July 2011

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	The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>		The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>.
			The Carnot cycle consists of four distinct operations:
			#A reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, ''T''<sub>''H''</sub>
			#An isentropic reversible adiabatic expansion of the gas
			#A reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, ''T''<sub>''C''</sub>
			#Finally an isentropic compression of the gas
	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Clausius theorem]]		*[[Clausius theorem]]

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			The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>
	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Clausius theorem]]		*[[Clausius theorem]]
	==References==		==References==
	~~#Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http:~~/~~/www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]~~		<references/>
	[[Category: Classical thermodynamics]]		[[Category: Classical thermodynamics]]

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			==See also==
			*[[Clausius theorem]]
	==References==		==References==
	#Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]		#Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]
	[[Category: Classical thermodynamics]]		[[Category: Classical thermodynamics]]

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2008-04-11T13:06:30Z

New page: {{stub-general}} ==References== #Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [ht...

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==References==
#Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]
[[Category: Classical thermodynamics]]