Competence — Calculate heat, work and efficiency along a cycle.
Appears in chapters
10·12
Linked atoms
23 linked atoms.
10 Irreversible transformations and energy balance
11 Entropy
12 Cycles and heat engines
- Reversible adiabatic
- Worked example — simplified Carnot cycle
- Worked example — Carnot refrigerator and energy balance
- Reversible isobaric
- Reversible isochoric
- Reversible isothermal
- Problem — Balances of a cycle
- Problem — Monatomic Carnot cycle (400-250 K)
- Problem — Rectangular cycle in the p-V plane
- Problem — Carnot refrigerator (273 K)
- Problem — Stirling engine
- Problem — Realistic petrol engine (Otto vs Carnot)
- Problem — Efficiency from exchanged heat (800-600 J)
- Problem — Efficiency of the Brayton cycle
- Problem — Efficiency of the Diesel cycle
- Problem — Efficiency of the Otto cycle
- Problem — Efficiency of a real engine (4000-3000 J)
- Problem — Carnot efficiency and work (500-300 K)
- Solving a complete cycle
- Summary table of transformations