Explores the Stirling cycle, a thermodynamic process with continuous combustion and versatile fuel options, suitable for refrigeration and heat pump applications.
Delves into the historical motivations behind the second law of thermodynamics, emphasizing limitations in heat-to-work conversion and the inevitability of irreversible processes.
Discusses entropy, isentropic transformations, and the Clausius-Kelvin prohibitions, as well as the Carnot cycle and the efficiency of machines with two heat sources.
