Introduction to Carnot Cycle

In the Carnot cycle, you will encounter four reversible methods. Among those four processes, two are frictionless isothermal and other two are frictionless adiabatics. Since this process was first invented by a French engineer named Nicolas Leonard P t Sadi Carnot in 1824, so this was named after him.

Characteristics and explanation:

For this process to work out properly Carnot used piston-cylinder and by the application of such mechanism some characteristics are clearly shown:

• There is absolutely zero friction during this process between the piston and the cylinder.
• The head of the cylinder is interchangeable and is arranged in a specific way so that it can work as both a conductor and an insulator.
• The walls of the piston and the cylinder will perform as heat insulators.
• The heat is transferred and then sinks in the source but while doing it the complete process isn’t hampered.

Links of Previous Main Topic:-

• Introduction to statics
• Introduction to vector algebra
• Two dimensional force systems
• Introduction concept of equilibrium of rigid body
• Friction introduction
• Introduction about distributed forces
• Area moments of inertia in rectangular and polar coordinates
• Mass moment of inertia introduction
• Work done by force
• Kinematics of particles
• Position vector velocity and acceleration
• Plane kinematics of rigid bodies introduction
• Combined motion of translation and rotation
• Rectilinear motion in kinetics of particles
• Work and energy
• Linear momentum
• Force mass acceleration
• Simple stress introduction
• Normal strain
• Statically indeterminate system
• Introduction to thermodynamics
• Statement of zeroth law of thermodynamics with explanation
• Heat and work introduction
• First law of thermodynamics for a control mass closed system undergoing a cycle
• Open system and control volume
• Conversion of work into heat

Links of Next Mechanical Engineering Topics:-

• Working of the carnot cycle
• Efficiency of carnot cycle
• Carnots theorem
• Absolute thermodynamic temperature scale or kelvin scale
• Absolute zero on thermodynamic temperature scale