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Is the Carnot cycle real one that we can use it in making engine? The diagram shows the Entropy/Temperature version of the Carnot cycle. I think that most people would find the Pressure/Volume version more meaningful though. -- Derek Ross | Talk
agreed128.120.57.116 07:26, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
As i understand the significance of Carnot cycle is on it's T/S diagram, not on the p/V.--Arcsinx 22:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
The curve over the rectangle is not needed in principle. Supposedly that is the phase-change curve. The illustration is one suitable for presenting that a Rankine (vapor) cycle is in principle equivalent to the Carnot cycle. MGTom 10:09, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)
You might want to look at the diagrams that I made for the Hebrew wikipeida's article: eman 01:49, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
In principle: that's it. It would be nice if on the the p-V diagram the hyperbolic nature of the relation would be more evident. Of course the presented processes are on a cut-out of the full p-V diagram, ... Nothing more can be done on the T-s, is dull anyway. MGTom 09:55, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)
Might it be better for the list of steps to read 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-1, given that the processes described happen along the vertices of the graph rather than at the corners? This confused me at first glance, and I think this would remove some of the ambiguity Jakob 19:30, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
I removed figure 2 because it was wrong. It described an external combustion Brayton Cycle instead of a Carnot Cycle. Plc123 01:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
It is said at the describeing of a real heat engine, that the temperature of the system is in an open interval of ]TH,TC[, but lower on a picture compareing a real- and the Carnot-cycle both of them shows the temperature in a closed interval of [TH,TC], but the corollary of the 2nd rule of thermodynamics is that only a theoretical cycle (e.g. Carnot cycle) can reach these extreme values...--Arcsinx 23:04, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I know little about thermodynamics, but I found this article valuable, although I would suggest that perhaps we need either some explaination for this line:
...or, perhaps pages that explain what a reheater and a regenerator are.
Thanks to all contributors for the great work.
Eric 18:39, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
'"Thomas Benoit+Carnot' gets 2 (sic) google hits of which one is a fork of this article. The other doesn't offer much. I have so far found no trace of Thomas Benoit but will keep trying a bit longer.
Is is possible that this is a misprint for Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron? He would fit. Cutler 16:07, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
I think, based on the Émile Clapeyron entry, that it's more than possible, and I was so bold as to change it. -Paul 02:12, 2005-08-15 (UTC)
The phrase "Carnot heat engine" is used rarely, if ever in the article, so I think we should move it to "Carnot Cycle".
i had no idea what this was referring to until i looked at Carnot cycle. someone needs to fix this. looks like a lot of duplication, etc.
Wait! Carnot Cycle redirects here while Carnot cycle is a different article. great job guys! ;) --pfunk42 04:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I really don't like the addition of the gas turbine diagram and plots.
PAR 18:18, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Why does this page have surface integrals and line integrals before simpler equations relating to carnot efficiency? The article doesn't even explain that those integrals *are* surface integrals and line integrals - and it doesn't label its variables well. This page needs to work on its accessibility to non-experts. Fresheneesz 00:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I agree, casually passing by to grab the formula for physics homework I was disapointed that the simple equations were not present on the page. ~AlvinBlah
I have a couple of comments: first, note that a complaint concerning equation 3 is in its own section on this talk page and should be relocated here; and, second, I notices that, unless its farther down on the page somewhere, η (eta) doesn't seem to reside in the list of variables put by one of the authors after equation 1. BCG999 Out. (talk) 17:07, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
i've never heard of anyone actually using the cycle in a real engine-is this simply because of the large volume requirements, or the result of something else? 69.163.197.224 14:45, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
for instance, you can talk about the carnot cycle when calculating the energy savings from rigging a fountain pump to the condensation outlet vent on your air conditioner and squirting the condensate onto the radiator outside your house, just for instance mind you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.190.202.56 (talk) 03:34, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't we have T-V or P-V diagrams too instead of just T-S diagrams to explain the cycle better? 220.227.165.210 (talk) 08:42, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't it developed by Lazare Carnot??? 88.104.47.64 (talk) 13:04, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
I came across this article just perusing Wikipedia, and I was struck by this name. Does anyone know who Gangbangin Gallagher is, as mentioned in the "Modern Diagram" section? Sounds like a Wikibomb. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.198.15 (talk) 02:12, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
I tried to edit the section on real engines. Hopefully it is correct and makes things a little clearer. Please let me know of suggestions to improve this. I was also wondering about editing the page on the Clausius Theorem, since that too doesn't seem well explained at all. Thanks Aritrop (talk) 22:20, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
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Are you sure this is an A-class quality? It doesn't even have references! Arkwatem 09:47, 24 September 2007 (UTC) |
Last edited at 09:47, 24 September 2007 (UTC). Substituted at 10:57, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Some figures are numbered, some are not. The figure that seems to be called "(1)" (but never directly referenced by the text) contains three colors, but the legend claims two different meanings for the color blue, while not identifying what the color turquoise is supposed to be.Ronburk (talk) 10:27, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
Why do we have both this article, and a Carnot cycle article, talking about the same thing? Geoffrey.landis (talk) 14:53, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
The caption to one of the diagrams has:
< The entropy of a real material changes with temperature >
No, it doesn't. Consider, for example, the isentropic compression (or expansion) of a gas.
86.130.154.59 (talk) 10:46, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
Just saw this change by User:Stepho-wrs, where he made the change from The Carnot engine is the most efficient engine which is theoretically possible
-> to -> The Carnot engine is the most efficient heat engine which is theoretically possible
, as other type of engines exist. While that is true, I also wonder, isn't the Carnot engine the most efficient engine, full stop? I do believe it is, but it would be nice if someone else could confirm or deny. Thanks. AdrianHObradors (talk) 11:05, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
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