Thermodynamics. Episode 19, The Carnot Engine and Limits of Efficiency. - 1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

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Jeffrey C. Grossman

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.

Study heat engines and their design limits for converting heat into work. The maximum possible efficiency in a heat engine is defined by the Carnot engine, an unattainable ideal whose properties illustrate the second law of thermodynamics.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.


In English

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