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Agrawal, D. C.; Menon, V. J. – European Journal of Physics, 2009
A model of an endoreversible Carnot engine is considered where the piston moves with a constant speed "u." Expressions for the cycle time [tau] for the four branches, as well as output power, P[subscript W], are derived and the optimized root for maximum power is obtained in closed form. Our results are discussed in terms of the isothermal…
Descriptors: Engines, Thermodynamics, College Science, Science Instruction