So we're going to go through a thermodynamic cycle, and here's what I want to calculate when we do this.

那么我们要推导,一个热力学循环,这是这个过程中我要计算的东西。

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Now what I want to do is put up a specific example of the cycle that can be undertaken inside here in an engine, and we can just calculate from what you've already seen of thermodynamics.

现在我想做的是,举一个例子,来具体说明热机内部的循环过程，同时我们可以利用热力学定律进行计算,看看热力学参量发生了什么变化。

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But the other reason to go through the thermodynamic cycles and really to develop great facility with them is because there are just an awful lot of things in nature and things that we build that run in cycles, where we want to calculate the thermodynamics, right.

但是要推导热力学,循环并为之发展一套,完善方法的另外一个原因是,自然界中或人造的那些,我们想计算它们的热力学的东西,有很多是以循环的方式运作的。

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