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Carnot principle States that no engine can be more efficient than a reversible engine when both operate between the same temperature limits. 

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Definition.—If an engine is such that, when it is worked backwards, the thermal and mechanical effects in every part of its motions are all reversed, it is called a reversible engine. 

Corollary (1). The processes involved in the operations of a reversible engine are all reversible processes. 

It is an immediate consequence of Carnot s theorem that the ratio of the quantities of heat absorbed and rejected by a perfectly reversible engine working in a complete cycle, depends only on the temperatures of the bodies which serve as source and refrigerator. 

The exact form of the function < > (T2, T being to some extent arbitrary, we might give several definitions of absolute temperature, all drawn up, however, in terms of the efficiency of the reversible engine. Lord Kelvin, in 1854, adopted the following form ... 

We shall now define what is to be understood by equal intervals of temperature. Let us imagine that we have a system of reversible engines [1,2], [2,8], [8,4],. . . , working between constant temperature reservoirs (1), (2), (8), (4),. . . , so that the refrigerator of any engine (except the last) forms the source of the next engine. Let each perform a cycle so that... 

Let Qi, Q2 be the quantities of heat absorbed from the source and rejected to the refrigerator at absolute temperatures Ti, T2 respectively by a reversible engine. We have proved that... 

Hence the temperature of the refrigerator is zero when all the heat absorbed from the source is converted into work by the reversible engine. 

Theorem.—The work obtained from a given quantity of heat absorbed from the source by a reversible engine is the greatest amount which can possibly be obtained with given temperatures of source and refrigerator. 

Proof. Let there be taken, in addition to this given system, a series of (w — 2) reversible engines working in the following way ... 

The reversible process (for which the equal sign applies) gives the maximum efficiency for the conversion of heat into work, but even the reversible engine is limited in the extent to which heat can be converted into work. 

Basso K, Margolin AA, Stolovitzky G, Klein U, Dalla-Favera R, Califano A. Reverse engineering of regulatory networks in human B cells. Nat Genet 2005 37 382-90. 

Reverse engineering The process of analysing an existing system to identify its components and their interrelationships and create representations of the system in another form or at a higher level of abstraction . 

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