A short note on Reitlinger thermodynamic cycles

2015/10/01 by Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #physics.pop-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1510.00382

Thermodynamics, Thermodynamic cycles, Regenerative cycles, Thermal efficiency

arxiv created 2015/10/01 · arxiv updated 2015/10/05

Abstract

It is well known that Carnot cycle is the thermodynamic cycle which has the best thermal efficiency. However, an entire class of cycles exists that can have the same maximum efficiency: this class is that of the regenerative Reitlinger cycles. Here we discuss them.

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