From Google:
Entropy is at its maximum when all available differences of temperature have been used up.en·tro·py
ˈentrəpē/
noun
1.
Physics
a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
2.
lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
"a marketplace where entropy reigns supreme"
The word you should be using is 'ectropy', which is the measure of energy available in a system to do work.
This statement would be correct is you replaced the word 'Entropy' with the word 'Ectropy'.Grimer wrote:So where did the energy from given out by the Stirling come from?
It came from the difference in temperature. It came from the Entropy of the system.
You seem to have confused these two opposite terms.
Think of Ectropy as the amount of energy available to exit out from the system.
Entropy is the amount of energy that has been entirely used up and no longer available to do work.
Jim from Michigan