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Lazare and Sadi CarnotWhat are the Scientific Roots of Sadi Carnot’s Cycle?

Lazare and Sadi Carnot: What are the Scientific Roots of Sadi Carnot’s Cycle? [In this section we investigate the possible origin of the idea of the cyclecycle in Sadi Carnot’s workSadi Carnot, following the hypothesis of an analogyanalogy with the electricelectric circuitelectric circuit in Alessandro VoltaAlessandro Volta’s batterybattery. First we will present a comparisoncomparison from the standpoint of the fundamental concepts between Sadi CarnotCarnot’s theory of thermodynamicsthermodynamics and the theory of electricityelectricity. Secondly we will propose an analogy between Carnot’s cycleCarnot’s cycle and the cyclic pathcyclic path of the I current in VoltaVolta’s batteryVolta’s battery, whose current (between two potentialspotentials) corresponds to the heat flux which flows between the two thermostatsthermostats of two reversiblereversible heat enginesengines paired by Sadi Carnot. Additionally, we will report and comment on some analogiesanalogies between electrostaticelectrostatic, electric phenomena and heat enginesheat engine. In conclusion we present a global vision of every possible connection and will discuss its compatibility.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Lazare and Sadi CarnotWhat are the Scientific Roots of Sadi Carnot’s Cycle?

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
ISBN
978-94-017-8010-0
Pages
227 –256
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-8011-7_8
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[In this section we investigate the possible origin of the idea of the cyclecycle in Sadi Carnot’s workSadi Carnot, following the hypothesis of an analogyanalogy with the electricelectric circuitelectric circuit in Alessandro VoltaAlessandro Volta’s batterybattery. First we will present a comparisoncomparison from the standpoint of the fundamental concepts between Sadi CarnotCarnot’s theory of thermodynamicsthermodynamics and the theory of electricityelectricity. Secondly we will propose an analogy between Carnot’s cycleCarnot’s cycle and the cyclic pathcyclic path of the I current in VoltaVolta’s batteryVolta’s battery, whose current (between two potentialspotentials) corresponds to the heat flux which flows between the two thermostatsthermostats of two reversiblereversible heat enginesengines paired by Sadi Carnot. Additionally, we will report and comment on some analogiesanalogies between electrostaticelectrostatic, electric phenomena and heat enginesheat engine. In conclusion we present a global vision of every possible connection and will discuss its compatibility.]

Published: Nov 28, 2013

Keywords: Work Work; Cycle Cycle; Energy Energy; Physic Physic; Mass Mass

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