A critique of some modern applications of the Carnot heat engine concept: The dissipative heat engine cannot exist

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2119, 2010, Pages 1893-1902

  Makarieva, Anastassia M ^a   Gorshkov, Victor G ^a   Li, Bai Lian ^b   Nobre, Antonio Donato ^c  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carnot cycle; Dissipation; Dissipative heat engine; Efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARNOT CYCLE; MODELS; THERMAL CYCLING;

CARNOT HEAT ENGINES; DISSIPATION; HEAT ENGINE EFFICIENCY; HEAT INPUT; INTERNAL DISSIPATION; LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL WORK; MODERN APPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL MODEL;

ENGINES;

EID: 77955226293     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0581     Document Type: Article

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