high-cycle efficiency
11Rankine cycle — The Rankine cycle is a thermodynamic cycle which converts heat into work. The heat is supplied externally to a closed loop, which usually uses water as the working fluid. This cycle generates about 80% of all electric power used throughout the… …
12Otto cycle — See also: Otto engine and Four stroke engine Thermodynamics …
13Diesel cycle — Thermodynamics …
14Miller cycle — Thermodynamics …
15Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle — An Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle, or IGCC, is a power plant using synthetic gas (syngas). This gas is often used to power a gas turbine generator whose waste heat is passed to a steam turbine system (Combined cycle gas… …
16Staged combustion cycle (rocket) — Staged combustion rocket cycle. Usually, all of the fuel and a portion of the oxidizer are fed through the pre burner (fuel rich) to power the pumps. An oxygen rich circuit is possible also, but less common because of the metallurgy required. The …
17Carnot cycle — The Carnot cycle is a particular thermodynamic cycle, modeled on the hypothetical Carnot heat engine, proposed by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by Benoit Paul Émile Clapeyron in the 1830s and 40s. Every thermodynamic… …
18Nuclear fuel cycle — The nuclear fuel cycle, also called nuclear fuel chain, is the progression of nuclear fuel through a series of differing stages. It consists of steps in the front end, which are the preparation of the fuel, steps in the service period in which… …
19Life-cycle assessment — Cradle to grave redirects here. For other uses, see Cradle to the Grave (disambiguation). A life cycle assessment (LCA, also known as life cycle analysis, ecobalance, and cradle to grave analysis)[1] is a technique to assess environmental impacts …
20Nutrient cycle — …
