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thermodynamic cycle
Sign in to savelinked sequence of thermodynamic processes that involve transfer of heat and work into and out of the system,while varying pressure, temperature, and other state variables within the system, and that eventually returns the system to its initial state
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- Subclass of
- thermodynamic process
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- studied by
- thermodynamics
- different from
- duty cycle
- Commons category
- Thermodynamic cycles
- topic's main category
- Category:Thermodynamic cycles
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System properties
Note: Conjugate variables in italics
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