🧪 Thermodynamics Heat Engine Simulator — Carnot Cycle, Efficiency, and Energy Conversion – Irreversibility Loss
Interactive thermodynamics simulator exploring heat engines, Carnot cycles, efficiency calculations, and energy conversion processes with comprehensive guides and FAQ.
This simulation allows you to explore the Carnot Cycle, a fundamental concept in thermodynamics, by manipulating temperature and pressure values. By observing the resulting changes in heat transfer and work output, you can understand how efficiency is determined and how energy is converted within this idealized engine. A new Irreversibility Loss control models friction and heat-transfer losses relative to the ideal Carnot cycle, reducing effective efficiency and raising entropy as losses increase.
2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install