Travelling Carnot heat engine for gravitational thermal gradient fields

In this work, consideration is given to a Carnot heat engine working at maximum power output and immersed into a gravitational thermal gradient field. The engine has all the features than that from a classical Carnot engine, but with one important exception, viz, the heat engine is not at rest but r...

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Autor: Arias Montenegro, Francisco Javier|||0000-0002-0779-9754
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/452767
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/452767
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40868-025-00201-z
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Renewable energy
Ocean thermal energy conversion
Carnot engine
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Mecànica de fluids
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies
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Sumario:In this work, consideration is given to a Carnot heat engine working at maximum power output and immersed into a gravitational thermal gradient field. The engine has all the features than that from a classical Carnot engine, but with one important exception, viz, the heat engine is not at rest but rather travelling itself between the heat source and sink. An expression for the maximum power output of a travelling Carnot heat engine was derived