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  2. Isentropic process - Wikipedia

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    An isentropic process is an idealized thermodynamic process that is both adiabatic and reversible. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [excessive citations] The work transfers of ...

  3. Temperature–entropy diagram - Wikipedia

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    For reversible (ideal) processes, the area under the T–s curve of a process is the heat transferred to the system during that process. [1] Working fluids are often categorized on the basis of the shape of their T–s diagram. An isentropic process is depicted as a vertical line on a T–s diagram, whereas an isothermal process is a horizontal ...

  4. Isentropic nozzle flow - Wikipedia

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    Isentropic is the combination of the Greek word "iso" (which means - same) and entropy. When the change in flow variables is small and gradual, isentropic flows occur. The generation of sound waves is an isentropic process. A supersonic flow that is turned while there is an increase in flow area is also isentropic.

  5. Thermodynamic diagrams - Wikipedia

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    This Process Path is a straight horizontal line from state one to state two on a P-V diagram. Figure 2. It is often valuable to calculate the work done in a process. The work done in a process is the area beneath the process path on a P-V diagram. Figure 2 If the process is isobaric, then the work done on the piston

  6. Helmholtz free energy - Wikipedia

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    We see that the total amount of work that can be extracted in an isothermal process is limited by the free-energy decrease, and that increasing the free energy in a reversible process requires work to be done on the system. If no work is extracted from the system, then , and thus for a system kept at constant temperature and volume and not ...

  7. Thermodynamic cycle - Wikipedia

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    The net work equals the area inside because it is (a) the Riemann sum of work done on the substance due to expansion, minus (b) the work done to re-compress. Because the net variation in state properties during a thermodynamic cycle is zero, it forms a closed loop on a P-V diagram.

  8. Work (thermodynamics) - Wikipedia

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    Thermodynamic work is one of the principal kinds of process by which a thermodynamic system can interact with and transfer energy to its surroundings. This results in externally measurable macroscopic forces on the system's surroundings, which can cause mechanical work, to lift a weight, for example, [1] or cause changes in electromagnetic, [2] [3] [4] or gravitational [5] variables.

  9. Carnot heat engine - Wikipedia

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    The temperature of the gas (the system) does not change during the process, and thus the expansion is isothermic. The gas expansion is propelled by absorption of heat energy Q H and of entropy ΔS H = Q H / T H from the high temperature reservoir. Isentropic (reversible adiabatic) expansion of the gas (isentropic work output).