Entropy 1999, 1[4], 126-137
Entropy
ISSN 1099-4300
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A Revision of Clausius Work on the Second Law. 3. On the Non-Zero Net Value of Carnots Reversible Cycle

José C. Iñiguez

Centro de Investigación en Termodinámica y Fenómenos Auto-Organizativos, CITER, Av. Panamericana 357, Agua Prieta Sonora, México 84200, Mexico.
E-mail: [email protected]

Received: 19 October 1999 / Accepted: 26 October 1999 / Published: 30 October 1999

Abstract: Carnot's reversible cycle net value was determined using the previously derived values for the transformations there occurring. A negative net value is obtained as a result, in contradiction with current thermodynamics, Clausius analysis based position that the net value for such a cycle is zero. The entropy function is introduced and the new criterion's for spontaneity, reversibility and equilibrium are advanced.

Keywords: Clausius, cyclical processes; entropy; negentropy; umbral efficiency.

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