Concept — Reversible cycle of maximum efficiency between two reservoirs.
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- Worked example — simplified Carnot cycle
- Worked example — Carnot refrigerator and energy balance
- Named cycles
- The Carnot cycle and maximum efficiency
- Why Carnot is a beacon
- Problem — Carnot with three reservoirs
- Problem — Carnot in p-V (adiabatics vs isotherms)
- Problem — Carnot compared with other cycles
- Problem — Monatomic Carnot cycle (400–250 K)
- Problem — Carnot cycle in the ln P – ln V plane
- Problem — Carnot cycle in the T-S plane
- Problem — Real air conditioner (SEER)
- Problem — Derivation of Carnot efficiency
- Problem — Drawing a Carnot cycle (engine and refrigerator)
- Problem — Entropy in a Carnot cycle
- Problem — Refrigerator as a reverse cycle
- Problem — Carnot refrigerator (273 K)
- Problem — Useful work for 1000 J absorbed
- Problem — Realistic petrol engine (Otto vs Carnot)
- Problem — Why engines run at high temperature
- Problem — Ideal heat pump for a house
- Problem — Heat pump for heating (295–273 K)
- Problem — Heat pump between 295 and 246 K
- Problem — Four cycles in the T-S plane
- Problem — Ranking four refrigerators
- Problem — Ranking four Carnot engines
- Problem — Ranking four Carnot engines (2)
- Problem — Ranking three Carnot engines
- Problem — Carnot efficiency as T_f tends to zero
- Problem — Carnot efficiency and work (500–300 K)
- Problem — Maximum Carnot efficiency (500–300 K)
- Problem — Estimating the power of an air conditioner
- Problem — Minimum temperature of a power plant
- Problem — An engine that is too efficient
- Problem — True or false on engines and refrigerators
- Problem — True or false on reversibility and cycles
- Sadi Carnot — historical note