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Cycle is named after inventor John Ericsson. John Ericsson
designed and built many unique heat engines based on various
thermodynamic cycles. He is credited with inventing two unique
heat engine cycles, and developing practical engines based on
these cycles. His first cycle is very similar to what we now
call the "Brayton Cycle" except that it was external combustion.
His second cycle we now call the "Ericsson Cycle". Ideal
Ericsson Cycle The following is a list of the four processes
that occur between the four stages of the ideal Ericsson cycle:
Comparison with Stirling, Carnot and Brayton cycles The Ericsson
Cycle is often compared to the Stirling cycle, since the engine
designs based on these respective cy