TY - BOOK ID - 145720590 TI - Carnot Cycle and Heat Engine Fundamentals and Applications PY - 2020 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - History of engineering & technology KW - thermodynamics KW - optimization KW - entropy analysis KW - Carnot engine KW - modelling with time durations KW - steady-state modelling KW - transient conditions KW - converter irreversibility KW - sequential optimization KW - Finite physical Dimensions Optimal Thermodynamics KW - global efficiency KW - energy efficiency KW - heat engine KW - heat pump KW - utilization KW - Carnot efficiency KW - comparison KW - thermal system KW - cycle analysis KW - second law of thermodynamics KW - Clausius Statement KW - theorem of the equivalence of transformations KW - linear irreversible thermodynamics KW - maximum power output KW - maximum ecological Function KW - maximum efficient power function KW - enzymatic reaction model KW - ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) KW - plate heat exchanger KW - finite-time thermodynamics KW - heat transfer entropy KW - entropy production KW - new efficiency limits KW - two-stage LNG compressor KW - energy losses KW - exergy destruction KW - exergy efficiency KW - Stirling cycle KW - refrigerator KW - heat exchanger KW - second law KW - thermodynamics KW - optimization KW - entropy analysis KW - Carnot engine KW - modelling with time durations KW - steady-state modelling KW - transient conditions KW - converter irreversibility KW - sequential optimization KW - Finite physical Dimensions Optimal Thermodynamics KW - global efficiency KW - energy efficiency KW - heat engine KW - heat pump KW - utilization KW - Carnot efficiency KW - comparison KW - thermal system KW - cycle analysis KW - second law of thermodynamics KW - Clausius Statement KW - theorem of the equivalence of transformations KW - linear irreversible thermodynamics KW - maximum power output KW - maximum ecological Function KW - maximum efficient power function KW - enzymatic reaction model KW - ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) KW - plate heat exchanger KW - finite-time thermodynamics KW - heat transfer entropy KW - entropy production KW - new efficiency limits KW - two-stage LNG compressor KW - energy losses KW - exergy destruction KW - exergy efficiency KW - Stirling cycle KW - refrigerator KW - heat exchanger KW - second law UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145720590 AB - This book results from a Special Issue related to the latest progress in the thermodynamics of machines systems and processes since the premonitory work of Carnot. Carnot invented his famous cycle and generalized the efficiency concept for thermo-mechanical engines. Since that time, research progressed from the equilibrium approach to the irreversible situation that represents the general case. This book illustrates the present state-of-the-art advances after one or two centuries of consideration regarding applications and fundamental aspects. The research is moving fast in the direction of economic and environmental aspects. This will probably continue during the coming years. This book mainly highlights the recent focus on the maximum power of engines, as well as the corresponding first law efficiency upper bounds. ER -