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The document describes several thermodynamic cycles including: 1) The Diesel cycle which involves isentropic compression, constant pressure heating, isentropic expansion, and constant volume cooling. 2) The Brayton cycle which involves adiabatic compression, isobaric heating, adiabatic expansion, and isobaric cooling. 3) The Rankine cycle which involves isentropic compression in a pump, constant pressure heating in a boiler, isentropic expansion in a turbine, and constant pressure cooling in a condenser.

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Cycles Reviewer

The document describes several thermodynamic cycles including: 1) The Diesel cycle which involves isentropic compression, constant pressure heating, isentropic expansion, and constant volume cooling. 2) The Brayton cycle which involves adiabatic compression, isobaric heating, adiabatic expansion, and isobaric cooling. 3) The Rankine cycle which involves isentropic compression in a pump, constant pressure heating in a boiler, isentropic expansion in a turbine, and constant pressure cooling in a condenser.

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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel

(SPSV)
The Diesel cycle is a combustion process of a reciprocating internal combustion
engine.

 1→2 : isentropic compression of the fluid (blue)

 2→3 : reversible constant pressure heating (red)

 3→4 : isentropic expansion (yellow)

 4→1 : reversible constant volume cooling


(green)

George Bailey Brayton


(SPSP)

The Brayton cycle is a thermodynamic cycle named after George Brayton that
describes the workings of a constant-pressure heat engine.

1. adiabatic process – compression

2. isobaric process – heat addition


3. adiabatic process – expansion

4. isobaric process – heat rejection

John Ericcson
(PTPT)

The Ericsson cycle is named after inventor John Ericsson who designed and built many
unique heat engines based on various thermodynamic cycles.

 Process 1 -> 2: Isothermal compression.

 Process 2 -> 3: Isobaric heat addition

 Process 3 -> 4: Isothermal expansion.

 Process 4 -> 1: Isobaric heat removal.

William John Macquorn Rankine

(SPSP)

The Rankine cycle is a model used to predict the performance of steam


turbine systems.

Process 1-2 is [Isentropic compression in pump]


Process 2-3 is [Constant pressure heat addition in boiler]

Process 3-4 is [Isentropic expansion in turbine]

Process 4-1 is [Constant pressure heat rejection in


condenser]

Nicolas-léonard-sadi Carnot
(STST)

The Carnot cycle is a theoretical ideal thermodynamic cycle proposed by French


physicist Sadi Carnot in 1824 and expanded upon by others in the 1830s and 1840s. It
provides an upper limit on the efficiency that any classical thermodynamic engine can
achieve during the conversion of heat into work, or conversely, the efficiency of
a refrigeration system in creating a temperature difference by the application of work to
the system. It is not an actual thermodynamic cycle but is a theoretical construct.

1. Isothermal Expansion.

2. Isentropic (reversible adiabatic)

3. Isothermal Compression.

4. Adiabatic reversible
compression.
Robert Stirling
(TVTV)

The Stirling cycle is a thermodynamic cycle that describes the general class of Stirling
devices.

I. 1-2 Isothermal heat addition


(expansion).

II. 2-3 Isochoric heat removal


(constant volume).

III. 3-4 Isothermal heat removal


(compression).

IV. 4-1 Isochoric heat addition


(constant volume).

Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir

(VSP)
The Lenoir cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle often used to model a pulse jet
engine.
1-2: Constant volume (isochoric) heat addition;
2-3: Isentropic expansion;
3-1: Constant pressure
(isobaric) heat rejection.

Nikolaus August Otto

(SVSV)
The Otto cycle is a description of what happens to a mass of gas as it is subjected to
changes of pressure, temperature, volume, addition of heat, and removal of heat.

James Atkinson
(SVPSVP)

The Atkinson-cycle engine is a type of internal combustion engine invented by James


Atkinson in 1882. The Atkinson cycle is designed to provide efficiency at the expense
of power density.

 1–2 Isentropic, or reversible, adiabatic compression


 2–3 Isochoric heating (Qp)

 3–4 Isobaric heating (Qp')

 4–5 Isentropic expansion

 5–6 Isochoric cooling (Qo)

 6–1 Isobaric cooling (Qo')

Gustav Trinkler
(SVPSV)

The dual combustion cycle (also known as the mixed cycle, Trinkler
cycle, Seiliger cycle or Sabathe cycle) is a thermal cycle that is a combination of
the Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle, first introduced by Russian-German engineer Gustav
Trinkler, who never claimed to have developed the cycle though.

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