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Carnot Cycle Efficiency<br />

Carnot Cycle<br />

• The theoretically most efficient cycle for converting thermal energy into work.<br />

• Heat taken from hot reservoir (T h ) and rejected to cold reservoir (T c )<br />

• 1-2: isothermal heat addition<br />

• 2-3: isentropic expansion<br />

• 3-4: isothermal heat rejection<br />

• 4-1: isentropic compression<br />

T<br />

1<br />

T<br />

c<br />

h<br />

• Efficiency improves with higher T h and lower T c<br />

<strong>VECOM</strong> Workshop 12 Prague, March 14-15 2012

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