Carnot cycle

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1. Carnot cycle - Noun

2. Carnot cycle - Proper noun

Meaning

a cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat

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A Carnot cycle is a special kind of cyclic process affecting a body composed of material suitable for use in a heat engine. Source: Internet

Carnot cycle Figure 1: A Carnot cycle illustrated on a PV diagram to illustrate the work done. Source: Internet

Grey-blue represents supercritical liquid water.) Entropy is the above-mentioned unexpected and, to some, obscure integral that arises directly from the Carnot cycle. Source: Internet

In the Carnot cycle, the working fluid returns to the same state it had at the start of the cycle, hence the line integral of any state function, such as entropy, over the cycle is zero. Source: Internet

Endoreversible heat engines The most Carnot efficiency as a criterion of heat engine performance is the fact that by its nature, any maximally efficient Carnot cycle must operate at an infinitesimal temperature gradient. Source: Internet

Figure 2: A Carnot cycle acting as a heat engine, illustrated on a temperature-entropy diagram. Source: Internet

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