Method — Representing gas transformations in the p-V plane and the logarithmic plane.
Present in chapters
10·12
Linked atoms
17 linked atoms.
10 Trasformazioni irreversibili e bilancio energetico
- Two paths in the p-V plane
- Isothermal and adiabatic
- Work in a cycle
- Paths in the P-V plane (heating processes)
- Summary: four-stage cycle
12 Cicli e macchine termiche
- Named cycles
- The ln P – ln V diagram
- The curve in the P-V plane
- Problem — Area of a p-V cycle
- Problem — Carnot in p-V (adiabats vs isotherms)
- Problem — Carnot cycle in the ln P – ln V plane
- Problem — Rectangular cycle in the p-V plane
- Problem — Drawing a Carnot cycle (engine and refrigerator)
- Problem — Stirling engine
- Problem — Efficiency of the Otto cycle
- Properties of a cycle
- Solving a complete cycle