A critique of some modern applications of the Carnot heat engine concept: the dissipative heat engine cannot exist

DOI10.1098/RSPA.2009.0581zbMATH Open1191.80002arXiv0910.0543OpenAlexW3102489925MaRDI QIDQ3569340FDOQ3569340

Authors: Anastassia M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, Bai-Lian Li, Antonio Donato Nobre 

Publication date: 18 June 2010

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A heat engine operating on the basis of the Carnot cycle is considered, where the mechanical work performed is dissipated within the engine at the temperature of the warmer isotherm and the resulting heat is added to the engine together with an external heat input. The resulting work performed by the engine per cycle is increased at the expense of dissipated work produced in the previous cycle. It is shown that such a dissipative heat engine is thermodynamically inconsistent violating the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The existing physical models employing the dissipative heat engine concept, in particular, the heat engine model of hurricane development, are physically invalid.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.0543

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zbMATH Keywords

efficiencydissipationCarnot cycledissipative heat engine

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Foundations of thermodynamics and heat transfer (80A05)

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