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- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/College_Physics/College_Physics_1e_(OpenStax)/15%3A_Thermodynamics/15.04%3A_Carnots_Perfect_Heat_Engine-_The_Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics_RestatedA Carnot engine operating between two given temperatures has the greatest possible efficiency of any heat engine operating between these two temperatures. Furthermore, all engines employing only rever...A Carnot engine operating between two given temperatures has the greatest possible efficiency of any heat engine operating between these two temperatures. Furthermore, all engines employing only reversible processes have this same maximum efficiency when operating between the same given temperatures. The second law of thermodynamics can be restated in terms of the Carnot cycle, and so what Carnot actually discovered was this fundamental law.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/University_Physics_(OpenStax)/University_Physics_II_-_Thermodynamics_Electricity_and_Magnetism_(OpenStax)/04%3A_The_Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics/4.06%3A_The_Carnot_CycleThe Carnot cycle is the most efficient engine for a reversible cycle designed between two reservoirs. The Carnot principle is another way of stating the second law of thermodynamics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019v2/Book%3A_Custom_Physics_textbook_for_JJC/14%3A_Thermodynamics/14.16%3A_The_Carnot_CycleThe Carnot cycle is the most efficient engine for a reversible cycle designed between two reservoirs. The Carnot principle is another way of stating the second law of thermodynamics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Skyline/Survey_of_Physics/12%3A_Thermodynamics/12.05%3A_Carnots_Perfect_Heat_Engine-_The_Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics_RestatedA Carnot engine operating between two given temperatures has the greatest possible efficiency of any heat engine operating between these two temperatures. Furthermore, all engines employing only rever...A Carnot engine operating between two given temperatures has the greatest possible efficiency of any heat engine operating between these two temperatures. Furthermore, all engines employing only reversible processes have this same maximum efficiency when operating between the same given temperatures. The second law of thermodynamics can be restated in terms of the Carnot cycle, and so what Carnot actually discovered was this fundamental law.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Workbench/PH_245_Textbook_V2/07%3A_Module_6_-_Thermodynamics/7.02%3A_Objective_6.b./7.2.11%3A_The_Carnot_CycleThe Carnot cycle is the most efficient engine for a reversible cycle designed between two reservoirs. The Carnot principle is another way of stating the second law of thermodynamics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Joliet_Junior_College/Physics_201_-_Fall_2019/Book%3A_Physics_(Boundless)/13%3A_Thermodynamics/13.2%3A_The_Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics/The_Carnot_CycleThe Carnot cycle is the most efficient engine for a reversible cycle designed between two reservoirs. The Carnot principle is another way of stating the second law of thermodynamics.
- https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Coalinga_College/Physical_Science_for_Educators_(CID%3A_PHYS_14)/08%3A_Energy_Physics_and_Chemistry/8.07%3A_Thermal_Physics/8.7.11%3A_Carnots_Perfect_Heat_Engine-_The_Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics_RestatedJust as discussed for the Otto cycle in the previous section, this means that efficiency is greatest for the highest possible temperature of the hot reservoir and lowest possible temperature of the co...Just as discussed for the Otto cycle in the previous section, this means that efficiency is greatest for the highest possible temperature of the hot reservoir and lowest possible temperature of the cold reservoir. (This setup increases the area inside the closed loop on the \(PV\) diagram; also, it seems reasonable that the greater the temperature difference, the easier it is to divert the heat transfer to work.) The actual reservoir temperatures of a heat engine are usually related to the type…
