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The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>. | The '''Carnot cycle''' is a hypothetical cycle in which the efficiency is a maximum. It was proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot <ref>Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot "Reflexions sur la Puissance Motrice de Feu et sur les Machines Propres a Développer cette Puissance" (1824), printed in [http://www.numdam.org/item?id=ASENS_1872_2_1__393_0 Annales scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure Sér. '''2''', 1 pp. 393-457 (1872)]</ref>. | ||
The Carnot cycle consists of four distinct operations: | The Carnot cycle consists of four distinct operations: | ||
#A reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, ''T''<sub>'' | #A reversible isothermal expansion of the gas at the "hot" temperature, ''T''<sub>''H''</sub> | ||
#An isentropic reversible adiabatic expansion of the gas | #An isentropic reversible adiabatic expansion of the gas | ||
#A reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, ''T''<sub>'' | #A reversible isothermal compression of the gas at the "cold" temperature, ''T''<sub>''C''</sub> | ||
#Finally an isentropic compression of the gas | #Finally an isentropic compression of the gas | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Clausius theorem]] | *[[Clausius theorem]] | ||