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Carnot engine

American  

noun

Thermodynamics.
  1. an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.


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We can see how entropy is defined by recalling our discussion of the Carnot engine.

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Carnot also determined the efficiency of a perfect heat engine—that is, a Carnot engine.

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Any heat engine using reversible processes and operating between these two temperatures will have the same maximum efficiency as the Carnot engine.

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Also shown is a schematic of a Carnot engine operating between hot and cold reservoirs at temperatures Th and Tc .

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Now let us take a look at the change in entropy of a Carnot engine and its heat reservoirs for one full cycle.

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