Reciprocating motors with external heat supply and maximum efficiency
Thermomechanical converters - Gas cycle engines: Stirling and Joule
Article REF: BE8051 V1
Reciprocating motors with external heat supply and maximum efficiency
Thermomechanical converters - Gas cycle engines: Stirling and Joule

Author : André LALLEMAND

Publication date: January 10, 2007, Review date: May 18, 2017 | Lire en français

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1. Reciprocating motors with external heat supply and maximum efficiency

1.1 Cycle type and efficiency

See 1.3 for more information. that the Carnot engine and the associated cycle lead to the best possible efficiency for heat engines. This is demonstrated in 4.1.3 [BE 8 007] . In reality, if no cycle can exceed this performance, there is an infinite number of reversible cycles exchanging heat with only two sources, which can have equivalent efficiency. These are...

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