https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap/2021200390
Regular Article
Endo-irreversible thermo-mechanical Carnot engine with new concept of entropy production action coefficient
1
Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LEMTA, Nancy F-54000, France
2
SAS INVIVO Consulting, Nantes F-44000, France
* e-mail: michel.feidt@univ-lorraine.fr
Received:
30
December
2020
Received in final form:
28
March
2021
Accepted:
21
May
2021
Published online: 21 June 2021
Thermostatics of Carnot engines has been extended by more recent research based on endo-reversible model. Our model assumes exo-reversibility but endo-irreversibility to determine new upper-bound to thermomechanical conversion. We propose a functional expression of entropy production related to cycle transformation durations. This approach analyses the energy, entropy and power consequences. We introduce a new concept of entropy production actions that results in three sequential optimums: maximum energy related to transformation durations, maximum energy associated with equipartition of entropy actions, optimal power for given cycle period.
Note to the reader: Further to the publication of an erratum, the citation of the article was modified on 19 July 2021.
© M. Feidt and R. Feidt, Published by EDP Sciences, 2021
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