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Ericsson Cycle

The Ericsson cycle consists of an isothermal compression, an isobaric heat addition, an isothermal expansion and an isobaric heat removal.

The thermal efficiency equals 1 minus the ratio of the cold and hot temperatures of the cycle.

Formula

QuantityVariable[Subscript["η", "th"], "ThermalEfficiency"] == 1 - QuantityVariable[Subscript["T", "c"], "Temperature"]/QuantityVariable[Subscript["T", "h"], "Temperature"]

symbol description physical quantity
ηth thermal efficiency "ThermalEfficiency"
Tc cold reservoir temperature "Temperature"
Th hot reservoir temperature "Temperature"

Forms

Examples

Get the resource:

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ResourceObject["Ericsson Cycle"]
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Get the formula:

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FormulaData[ResourceObject["Ericsson Cycle"]]
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Use some values:

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FormulaData[ResourceObject["Ericsson Cycle"], {QuantityVariable[ \!\(\*SubscriptBox[\("\[Eta]"\), \("th"\)]\),"ThermalEfficiency"] -> Quantity[0.45`, ("Joules")/("Joules")], QuantityVariable[ \!\(\*SubscriptBox[\("T"\), \("c"\)]\),"Temperature"] -> Quantity[300, "Kelvins"]}]
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  • Date: 1833

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