ideal adiabatic cycle
11Mixed/Dual Cycle — Thermodynamics …
12Organic Rankine Cycle — Thermodynamics …
13Combined cycle — Thermodynamics …
14Miller cycle — Thermodynamics …
15Pseudo Stirling cycle — The pseudo Stirling cycle, also known as the adiabatic Stirling cycle, is a thermodynamic cycle with an adiabatic working volume and isothermal heater and cooler, in contrast to the Stirling cycle with an isothermal working space. cite paper |… …
16Rankine cycle — Thermodynam. the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant pressure and in which expansion and compression occur adiabatically. Also called Clausius cycle. [1895 1900; named after W. J. M. RANKINE] *… …
17Carnot's cycle — Car not s cy cle (k[aum]r n[=o]z ). [After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist.] (Thermodynamics) An ideal heat engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired… …
18Car|not cycle — «uhm>ar NOH», Thermodynamics. a series of operations consisting of isothermal expansion, adiabatic expansion, isothermal compression, and adiabatic compression, which make up the cycle of an ideal heat engine at maximum thermal efficiency.… …
19Carnot Cycle — An ideal heat engine (conceived by Sadi Carnot) in which the sequence of operations forming the working cycle consists of isothermal expansion, adiabatic expansion, isothermal compression, and adiabatic compression back to its initial state …
20rankine cycle — noun Usage: usually capitalized R : an ideal reversible heat engine cycle approximated by the operating cycle of an actual steam engine * * * Thermodynam. the hypothetical cycle of a steam engine in which all heat transfers take place at constant …
