The Carnot cycle is the most efficient theoretical heat engine cycle. This simulator lets you explore how temperature, volume, and pressure interact in real-time with:
- 📊 Live PV and TS diagrams
- 🔄 Animated piston showing the cycle
- ⚙️ Real-time parameter adjustment
- 📈 Calculated efficiency and work output
Perfect for physics students, teachers, and anyone curious about thermodynamics!
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT (WINDOWS) HERE
FOR MAC DOWNLOAD, GO TO Releases SECTION
(Full code is under the cE source code)
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Real-time Visualization
- PV and TS thermodynamic diagrams
- Animated piston following the Carnot cycle
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Adjustable Parameters
- Hot and cold reservoir temperatures
- Volume ratios (v1 and v2)
- Number of moles
- Heat capacity ratio (γ)
- Cycle duration
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Calculations
- Total work output
- Thermal efficiency
- Real-time computation display
- Hover over parameters to select them
- Use arrow keys to adjust values
- Spacebar to pause/resume
- Keys 1, 2, 3 to change cycle speed
- C# (.NET)
- Raylib
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
-More features are planned.
CREDITS
Thanks to AngeTheGreat and AXgamesoft for inspiring me to make this simulator.
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