Své závěry publikoval v roce 1824 v díle Úvahy o hybné síle ohně (Réflexions sur la Puissance Motrice du Feu). [1 ] Popsal v něm cyklus stroje, kde probíhá ohřívání, expanze, ochlazení a opětné stlačení pracovního plynu, dnes známý jako…
Nicolas LéonardSadi Carnot was a French mechanical engineer, known as the "father of thermodynamics." While he published only one book, this text was...
Carnot's work attracted little attention during his lifetime, but it was later used by Rudolf Clausius and Lord Kelvin to formalize the second law of thermodynamics and define the concept of entropy.
Sadi Carnot was a French scientist who described the Carnot cycle, relating to the theory of heat engines. Carnot was the eldest son of the French Revolutionary figure Lazare Carnot and was named for a medieval Persian poet and philosopher…