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Real process cycle compared with Carnot cycle.

(from DOE-HDBK 1012/1-92 (1992) "DOE Fundamentals Handbook: Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, and Fluid Flow, Volume 1 of 3." US Department of Energy, Washington DC, p. 75, http://www.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/hdbk1012/h1012v1.pdf . Altered to remove numerals.)

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Converted to PNG from Image:Real vs Carnot.jpg. ~~helix84 19:05, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

H Padleckas revised Image:Real vs Carnot.png in Fall 2007 for clarity and colored to show vapor and liquid regions with legend at top. Revised Image status is Public Domain.
H Padleckas 21:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

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current00:27, 23 November 2007911×332 (12 KB)H Padleckas (Temperature vs. specific entropy diagrams comparing real and ideal Carnot thermodynamic cycles )
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