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Derived from the citing claims only: the families, matrix cells and routes those claims take part in.

family: Thermochemical (C.29)family: Thermophotovoltaic (C.07)family: Nuclear heat (C.27)family: Electrokinetic (C.23)family: Magnetohydrodynamic (C.25)family: Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto) (C.09)family: Photothermal (C.20)family: Thermogalvanic (C.05)family: Heat engine (thermomechanical) (C.08)

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.05 × C.29 · Chemical potential difference × Thermochemical D.01 × C.07 · Temperature gradient × Thermophotovoltaic D.20 × C.27 · Nuclear binding-energy difference × Nuclear heat D.17 × C.23 · Humidity gradient × Electrokinetic D.10 × C.25 · Bulk fluid flow × Magnetohydrodynamic D.01 × C.09 · Temperature gradient × Caloric (magneto/electro/elasto)D.11 × C.20 · Incident radiation flux × Photothermal D.01 × C.05 · Temperature gradient × Thermogalvanic D.01 × C.08 · Temperature gradient × Heat engine (thermomechanical)

Combustion heater (boiler, furnace)composition evidence recorded
Incandescent lampcomposition evidence recorded
Evaporation-driven enginecomposition evidence recorded
Solar thermal collector (hot water)composition evidence recorded
Heat exchangercomposition evidence recorded
Forced-circulation heat-delivery loopcomposition evidence recorded
Steam Rankine cycle (shaft work)composition evidence recorded
Thermocapillary micromotorcomposition evidence recorded
Shape-memory heat engine (mechanical)composition evidence recorded
Windmill (mechanical)composition evidence recorded
Solutocapillary Marangoni rotorcomposition evidence recorded
Waterwheel (mechanical)composition evidence recorded

first 12 of 376 routes shown

Claims citing this source · 45

Chemical potential difference—drives→Combustionestablishedrecord

claim:combustion-drives

Combustion—produces→Hot gasestablishedrecord

claim:combustion-produces-hot-gas

Combustion—produces→Temperature gradientestablishedrecord

claim:combustion-produces-gradient

Combustion—member of→Thermochemicalestablishedrecord

claim:combustion-member

Combustion—converts into→Useful heatestablishedrecord

claim:combustion-converts-heat

Hot gas—drives→Thermal emissionestablishedrecord

claim:hot-gas-drives-thermal-emission

Nuclear fission—produces→Temperature gradientestablishedrecord

claim:fission-produces-gradient

Nuclear fission—produces→Hot gasestablishedrecord

claim:fission-produces-hot-gas

Nuclear fission—member of→Nuclear heatestablishedrecord

claim:fission-member

Nuclear fission—implemented by→Nuclear fission plantestablishedrecord

claim:fission-implemented

Humidity gradient—drives→Evaporationestablishedrecord

claim:humidity-drives-evaporation

Magnetohydrodynamic generation—bounded by→Carnot limitestablishedrecord

claim:mhd-bounded-carnot

Thermal shape-memory effect—bounded by→Carnot limitestablishedrecord

claim:shape-memory-bounded-carnot

Incident radiation flux—drives→Photothermal absorptionestablishedrecord

claim:photothermal-drives

Photothermal absorption—produces→Temperature gradientestablishedrecord

claim:photothermal-produces-gradient

Photothermal absorption—produces→Heat flowestablishedrecord

claim:photothermal-produces-heat

Photothermal absorption—member of→Photothermalestablishedrecord

claim:photothermal-member

Photothermal absorption—implemented by→Solar thermal collectorestablishedrecord

claim:photothermal-implemented

Photothermal absorption—bounded by→Landsberg limitestablishedrecord

claim:photothermal-bounded-landsberg

Photons—drives→Photothermal absorptionestablishedrecord

claim:photons-drive-photothermal

Temperature gradient—drives→Heat conductionestablishedrecord

claim:heat-conduction-drives

Heat conduction—produces→Heat flowestablishedrecord

claim:heat-conduction-produces-heat-flow

Heat flow—converts into→Useful heatestablishedrecord

claim:heat-flow-converts-useful-heat

Thermally regenerative electrochemical cycle—bounded by→Carnot limitestablishedrecord

claim:trec-bounded-carnot

Temperature gradient—drives→Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)establishedrecord

claim:expansion-drives

Hot gas—drives→Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)establishedrecord

claim:hot-gas-drives-expansion

Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)—produces→Mechanical motionestablishedrecord

claim:expansion-produces-motion

Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)—member of→Heat engine (thermomechanical)establishedrecord

claim:expansion-member

Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)—bounded by→Carnot limitestablishedrecord

claim:expansion-bounded-carnot

Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)—governed by→Curzon–Ahlborn efficiency at maximum powerestablishedrecord

claim:expansion-bounded-ca

Working-fluid expansion (heat-engine cycle)—implemented by→Rankine cycle plantestablishedrecord

claim:expansion-implemented-rankine

Mechanical motion—converts into→Mechanical workestablishedrecord

claim:motion-converts-mechanical-work

Temperature gradient—drives→Ocean thermal energy conversiondemonstratedrecord

claim:otec-drives

Ocean thermal energy conversion—member of→Heat engine (thermomechanical)establishedrecord

claim:otec-member

Ocean thermal energy conversion—bounded by→Carnot limitestablishedrecord

claim:otec-bounded-carnot

Temperature gradient—drives→Thermal emissionestablishedrecord

claim:thermal-emission-drives

Thermal emission—produces→Photonsestablishedrecord

claim:thermal-emission-produces-photons

Thermal emission—converts into→Lightestablishedrecord

claim:thermal-emission-converts-light

Temperature gradient—drives→Thermal expansionestablishedrecord

claim:thermal-expansion-drives

Thermal expansion—member of→Heat engine (thermomechanical)establishedrecord

claim:thermal-expansion-member

Thermal energy at uniform temperature—bounded by→Second law of thermodynamicsestablishedrecord

claim:uniform-thermal-second-law

Temperature gradient—bounded by→Carnot limitestablishedrecord

claim:temperature-gradient-bounded-carnot

Temperature gradient—drives→Advective heat transportestablishedrecord

claim:temperature-drives-advective-heat-transport

Advective heat transport—produces→Heat flowestablishedrecord

claim:advective-heat-transport-produces-heat-flow

Thermal emission—bounded by→Visible-band fraction of thermal emissionestablishedrecord

claim:thermal-emission-bounded-visible-fraction

Named pathways citing this source · 9

Combustion heater (boiler, furnace)commercial
Heat exchangercommercial
Solar thermal collector (hot water)commercial
Steam Rankine cycle (shaft work)commercial
Steam Rankine plantcommercial
Combustion gas-turbine plantcommercial
Ocean thermal energy conversion plantprototype
Concentrating solar-thermal plantcommercial
Nuclear fission steam plantcommercial

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). source source:bejan-2016: Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics (4th ed.). Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/source/bejan-2016

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