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Like Carnot cycle there are two other cycles that involve an isothermal heat-addition
process at TH ( or T1 ) and an isothermal heat-rejection process at TL ( or T3 ): the
Stirling cycle and the Ericsson cycle. They differ from the Carnot cycle in that the two
isentropic process are replaced by two constant-volume regeneration process in the
Stirling cycle and by two constant-pressure regeneration process in Ericsson cycle.
= – mRT3 ln V2/V1 e = T1 – T3 = TH – TL = 1 – TL
T1 TH TH
Stirling Cycle Analysis
The Ericsson cycle is very much like the Stirling cycle, except that the
two constant-volume processes are replaced by two constant-pressure
processes.
A steady-flow system operating on an Ericsson cycle is shown below. Here the
isothermal expansion and compression processes are executed in a compressor
and a turbine, respectively, and a counter- flow heat exchanger serves as a
regenerator. Hot and cold fluid streams enter the heat exchanger from opposite
ends, and heat transfer takes place between the two streams.