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Carnot Cycle and Carnot Engine

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Estimated time: 4 minutes
  • Significance of Reversibility in Thermodynamics
  • Maximum Efficiency of a Heat Engine and Carnot’s Cycle
  • Carnot Refrigerator
  • The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Carnot Cycle
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Definition: Carnot Cycle

An ideal thermodynamic cycle that provides maximum possible efficiency operating between two temperature limits, consisting of four reversible processes, is called the Carnot cycle.

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Definition: Carnot Engine

An ideal heat engine that operates on the Carnot cycle between a hot reservoir (TH​) and a cold reservoir (TC​) to give maximum possible efficiency is called a Carnot engine.

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Key Points: Carnot Cycle

  • The Carnot cycle is an ideal thermodynamic cycle.
  • It provides maximum possible efficiency between two temperature limits TH and TC​.
  • All four processes are reversible.
  • QH​ = heat absorbed at hot reservoir; QC​ = heat rejected at cold reservoir.
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