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Examples
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Ideal power-cycle efficiency.

:doc:`Units, assumptions and numerical validation </guides/thermodynamics>`
provides the interpretation and physical validity limits.

Each script is self-contained; run it with
``python examples/thermodynamics/plot_thermodynamics_models.py``.


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="A reversible heat pump delivers absorbed heat plus supplied work. Consequently its COP exceeds refrigerator COP by one. The temperature difference must remain positive and absolute temperatures are used.">

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  :doc:`/api/gallery/thermodynamics/plot_thermodynamics_benchmark`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Carnot engine and heat-pump limits</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Compute an inspectable engineering model using SI inputs. See the linked domain guide for assumptions and benchmark checks.">

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Ideal power-cycle efficiency</div>
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      :download:`Download all examples in Python source code: thermodynamics_python.zip </api/gallery/thermodynamics/thermodynamics_python.zip>`

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      :download:`Download all examples in Jupyter notebooks: thermodynamics_jupyter.zip </api/gallery/thermodynamics/thermodynamics_jupyter.zip>`


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