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    An isentropic process is an idealized thermodynamic process that is both adiabatic and reversible.[excessive citations] The work transfers of the system...
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    = 1 {\displaystyle n=1} for an isothermal process, n = γ {\displaystyle n=\gamma } for an isentropic process. Where γ {\displaystyle \gamma } is the ratio...
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  • mechanics, isentropic nozzle flow describes the movement of a fluid through a narrow opening without an increase in entropy (an isentropic process). Whenever...
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    quasi-parallel and isentropic processes (frictionless, adiabatic reversible). Left and right sides of the loop: a pair of parallel isochoric processes (constant...
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    the system will rise. Such a process is called an isentropic process and is said to be "reversible". Ideally, if the process were reversed the energy could...
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    by isentropic compression and expansion, and isobaric heat addition and rejection, though practical engines have adiabatic rather than isentropic steps...
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    high-pressure gas, the expansion is approximated by an isentropic process (i.e., a constant-entropy process), and the low-pressure exhaust gas from the turbine...
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  • in the rotor: R = Isentropic enthalpy change in rotor Isentropic enthalpy change in stage {\displaystyle R={\frac {\text{Isentropic enthalpy change in...
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    flow process can be calculated. dH = VdP +TdS Isentropic dS is zero. dH = VdP Non flow isentropic processes like some positive displacement compressors...
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    {\displaystyle dh=0=nc_{p}\,dT} . Adiabatic process Joule–Thomson effect Ideal gas laws Isentropic process G. J. Van Wylen and R. E. Sonntag (1985), Fundamentals...
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    P 0 + γ ln ⁡ V V 0 = ln ⁡ P V γ P 0 V 0 γ ⟹ P V γ = const.   for isentropic process . {\displaystyle {\frac {\Delta S}{Nk{\hat {c}}_{V}}}=\ln {\frac {P}{P_{0}}}+\gamma...
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    the properties at state 1 using the equations listed. ^ a. In an isentropic process, system entropy (S) is constant. Under these conditions, p1V1γ = p2V2γ...
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    of their T–s diagram. An isentropic process is depicted as a vertical line on a T–s diagram, whereas an isothermal process is a horizontal line. Carnot...
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    follows four distinct processes: 1→2 : isentropic compression of the fluid (blue) 2→3 : constant pressure heating (red) 3→4 : isentropic expansion (yellow)...
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    are: Adiabatic process: occurs without loss or gain of energy by heat Isenthalpic process: occurs at a constant enthalpy Isentropic process: a reversible...
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    energy from the system. An isentropic process is customarily defined as an idealized quasi-static reversible adiabatic process, of transfer of energy as...
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    system during adiabatic process) isentropic (reversible adiabatic process, no heat is added or removed during isentropic process) Energy portal Carnot heat...
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    Although absolute zero can be approached, it cannot be reached. Some isentropic processes, such as adiabatic expansion, can lower the system's temperature...
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    parcel; atmospheric compression and expansion are measured as an isentropic process ( d S = 0 {\displaystyle dS=0} ) wherein there occurs no change in...
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    near-reversible isothermal process or an isentropic process is desired. In an isothermal compression process, the gas in the system is kept at a constant...
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    turbine. An ideal steam turbine is considered to be an isentropic process, or constant entropy process, in which the entropy of the steam entering the turbine...
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    = 0) between the system (the gas) and its surroundings. It is an isentropic process. Isothermal compression. Heat is transferred reversibly to the low...
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    thermodynamics, a quasi-static process, also known as a quasi-equilibrium process (from Latin quasi, meaning ‘as if’), is a thermodynamic process that happens slowly...
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    (no heat is added or removed from the working fluid) isentropic process, reversible adiabatic process (no heat is added or removed from the working fluid...
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    two adiabatic processes involved to show an isentropic process property for the ratio of the changing volumes of two isothermal processes are equal. Most...
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    sometimes also known as the isentropic expansion factor and is denoted by γ (gamma) for an ideal gas or κ (kappa), the isentropic exponent for a real gas...
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    isenthalpic process. A vertical line in the h–s chart represents an isentropic process. The process 3–4 in a Rankine cycle is isentropic when the steam...
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    distinctions are especially relevant for gases. For an ideal gas, an isentropic process has: P V γ = constant ⇒ P ∝ ( 1 V ) γ ∝ ρ γ , {\displaystyle PV^{\gamma...
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    heat-rejection processes is the Stirling cycle, which is an altered version of the Carnot cycle in which the two isentropic processes featured in the...
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    Suppose that the temperature of a substance can be reduced in an isentropic process by changing the parameter X from X2 to X1. One can think of a multistage...
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