Carnot Cycle and Heat Engine Fundamentals and Applications

• Tác giả: Michel Feidt
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3039288458
• Thông tin xuất bản: Basel, Switzerland : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (140 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 224630
• Chủ đề: 1. History of engineering & technology

Tóm tắt

This book results from a Special Issue related to the latest progress in the thermodynamics of machines systems and processes since the premonitory work of Carnot. Carnot invented his famous cycle and generalized the efficiency concept for thermo-mechanical engines. Since that time, research progressed from the equilibrium approach to the irreversible situation that represents the general case. This book illustrates the present state-of-the-art advances after one or two centuries of consideration regarding applications and fundamental aspects. The research is moving fast in the direction of economic and environmental aspects. This will probably continue during the coming years. This book mainly highlights the recent focus on the maximum power of engines, as well as the corresponding first law efficiency upper bounds.