A Revision of Clausius Work on the Second Law. 3. On the Non-Zero Net Value of Carnots Reversible Cycle

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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

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

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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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Iñiguez, J.C. A Revision of Clausius Work on the Second Law. 3. On the Non-Zero Net Value of Carnots Reversible Cycle. Entropy 1999, 1, 126-137.

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Iñiguez J.C. A Revision of Clausius Work on the Second Law. 3. On the Non-Zero Net Value of Carnots Reversible Cycle. Entropy. 1999; 1(4):126-137.

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Iñiguez, José C. 1999. "A Revision of Clausius Work on the Second Law. 3. On the Non-Zero Net Value of Carnots Reversible Cycle." Entropy 1, no. 4: 126-137.

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