Timeline for Must a reversible engine be a carnot engine?
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| Nov 5, 2018 at 21:30 | comment | added | Andrew Steane | The question is phrased rather loosely. I think the only meaning, in this context, that can be given to the phrase "operating between T1 and T2" is "exchanging heat only at T1 and at T2". In this case the possibilities are only (1) Carnot cycle, or (2) a cycle involving an entropy-changing process as the system moves between T1 and T2 without exchanging heat. But such a process cannot help but be irreversible. Hence Carnot is the only cycle that fits the description. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 8:35 | answer | added | valerio | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 26, 2016 at 15:28 | history | post merged (destination) | |||
| Jun 26, 2016 at 13:44 | answer | added | Witness | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 20, 2015 at 10:57 | answer | added | Selene Routley | timeline score: 5 | |
| Oct 10, 2013 at 20:27 | vote | accept | Kieran Cooney | ||
| Sep 20, 2013 at 4:17 | answer | added | akhmeteli | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 20, 2013 at 1:44 | answer | added | stochastic13 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 19, 2013 at 19:29 | history | asked | Kieran Cooney | CC BY-SA 3.0 |