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What is Carnot Cycle – pV, Ts diagram – Definition

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Carnot Cycle – pV, Ts diagram. The Carnot cycle is often plotted on a pressure- volume diagram (pV diagram) and on a temperature-entropy diagram (Ts diagram). Thermal Engineering

Carnot Cycle – pV, Ts diagram

pV diagram of Carnot cycle
pV diagram of Carnot cycle. The area bounded by the complete cycle path represents the total work that can be done during one cycle.

The Carnot cycle is often plotted on a pressure- volume diagram (pV diagram) and on a temperature-entropy diagram (Ts diagram).

When plotted on a pressure-volume diagram, the isothermal processes follow the isotherm lines for the gas, adiabatic processes move between isotherms and the area bounded by the complete cycle path represents the total work that can be done during one cycle.

The temperature-entropy diagram (Ts diagram) in which the thermodynamic state is specified by a point on a graph with specific entropy (s) as the horizontal axis and absolute temperature (T) as the vertical axis, is the best diagram to describe behaviour of a Carnot cycle.

It is a useful and common tool, particularly because it helps to visualize the heat transfer during a process. For reversible (ideal) processes, the area under the T-s curve of a process is the heat transferred to the system during that process.

Ts diagram of Carnot cycle
Ts diagram of Carnot cycle. The area under the Ts curve of a process is the heat transferred to the system during that process.
 
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See also:

Carnot Cycle

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