Carnot cycle

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A Carnot cycle is a reversible cycle in the state space of a thermodynamic system that has as net effect that heat is converted into work.

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Fig. 1. The P-V diagram of a Carnot cycle. It consists of the isotherms 2-3 and 1-4 and the adiabats (isentropes) 1-2 and 3-4.

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