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Benjamn Guardo
Juan Silvera

Group BD
Argemiro Palencia

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DEL CARIBE

Engineering Department
Thermodynamic
February 20th
2015-01
Grupo BD

Topic: A novel Carnot-based cycle for ocean thermal

energy conversion
Basically this model based on the Carnot cycle so try is to
exploit the temperature difference that exists in the ocean,
knowing that sea surface water is at a higher temperature
than depth.
Knowing this, studies which helped implement the structure
of this heat engine were made, which was called "Cycle
capilli" and that was to lead an inert fluid through a turbine.
The question is How to produce work this cycle? What
happens is that the working fluid as a fluid piston which
moves between two isolated cylinders which are connected
series with an evaporator which consecutively with a
capacitor which works directly with the waters of the deep
ocean.
Part of the research study was to evaluate different or
different types of fluids to determine the working fluid in the
cycle, which give us the necessary properties that replace
me project needs, such as increased pressure change and
greater efficiency this heat engine; After putting in study
different types of fluid was reached to determine that,
despite not being the most efficient, had the characteristic
that the researcher is a high pressure change between the
machine focused, came to the conclusion that perfect for
investigation fluid is R134a.
Topic: Steady- state thermodynamic analysis of a
combined Carnot cycle with internal irreversibility
As known engine Carnot operates in reversible processes in
order to achieve the theoretical efficiency also in this article
we talk about that for a finite amount of work required of an
infinite time this engine was studied by curzon and Ahlbom
this type of model was extended by wu and Xinjiang.
These said that Carnot cycle combined endo-reversible
outperformed