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[โ€“] raicon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Carnot cycle is just for the Carnot engine. If we could use chemistry or quantum systems, it would have different efficiencies

[โ€“] solrize@lemmy.ml -1 points 4 days ago

No really if you could convert heat to motion more efficiently than the (ideal) Carnot engine, you could have perpetual motion since the Carnot engine is reversible.