Carnot's Ideal Cycle (Noun)
Meaning
A cycle (of expansion and compression) of an idealized reversible heat engine that does work without loss of heat.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- Carnot's ideal cycle is a fundamental concept in thermodynamics that describes the most efficient way to convert thermal energy into mechanical work.
- The Carnot's ideal cycle consists of four stages: isothermal expansion, adiabatic expansion, isothermal compression, and adiabatic compression.
- In Carnot's ideal cycle, the heat engine absorbs heat from a high-temperature reservoir, converts some of it into work, and rejects the remaining heat to a low-temperature reservoir.
- The efficiency of Carnot's ideal cycle is determined by the ratio of the temperatures of the two reservoirs and is the maximum possible efficiency for any heat engine.
- Carnot's ideal cycle is an idealized concept that serves as a benchmark for evaluating the performance of real-world heat engines.