| LC control no. | sh2003000003 |
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| Topical heading | Brayton cycle |
| Variant(s) | Complete-expansion diesel cycle Cycle, Brayton Cycle, Complete-expansion diesel Cycle, Joule Diesel cycle, Complete-expansion Joule cycle |
| See also | Thermodynamic cycles |
| Found in | Work cat.: Repas, David S. Performance characteristics of a 14.3-kilovolt-ampere modified Lundell alternator for 1200 Hertz Brayton-cycle space-power system, 1969: p. 1 ("A single-shaft Brayton-cycle space-power system is being investigated at the NASA Lewis Research Center ... The turbomachinery package of this power system has a compressor, a turbine, and an alternator on a high-speed shaft supported by gas bearings. The Brayton thermodynamic cycle is closed loop and uses a helium-xenon mixture as the working fluid") McGraw-Hill dictionary of scientific and technical terms, 2003: p. 280 ("Brayton cycle - (thermo[dynamics]) - A thermodynamic cycle consisting of two constant-pressure processes interspersed with two constant-entropy processes. Also known as complete-expansion diesel cycle; Joule cycle") Chambers dictionary of science and technology, 1999: p. 141 ("Brayton cycle - (Eng[ineering]) - a constant-pressure cycle of operations used in gas turbines") Academic Press dictionary of science and technology, 1992: p. 306 ("Brayton cycle - Thermodynamics - a thermodynamic cycle that consists of four processes: a reversible adiabatic (no heat transfer) compression at constant entropy; a heat transfer at constant pressure up to the maximum temperature; an adiabatic expansion at constant entropy back to the original pressure; and a heat transfer at constant pressure back to the original volume and entropy. This is the ideal cycle for the actual performance of a simple gas turbine. Also, Joule cycle") Power cycles and heat engines [web site], via WWW, Dec. 27, 2002 ["Brayton cycle" at table of contents] ("The Brayton cycle is a modified Diesel cycle in which the adiabatic expansion process continues resulting in a lower pressure than in the Diesel cycle as shown in Fig. 1. The Brayton cycle is used in gas-turbine power plants. The Brayton cycle is not implemented as an internal combustion engine, but instead uses a turbine, compressor and combustor ...") Eric Wasserstein's world of physics, via WWW, Jan. 4, 2003: "thermodynamics" at home page menu; "thermodynamic cycles" at menu; "Joule cycle" at menu ("Joule cycle - A thermodynamic cycle, sometimes also called the Brayton cycle") Google search, Jan. 4, 2003 ("Brayton cycle" - 2250 hits; "Joule cycle" - 129 hits) |
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