A reversible thermodynamic cycle containing only three processes and producing work is to be constructed. The constraints are
- There must be one isothermal process,
- There must be one isentropic process,
- The maximum and minimum cycle pressures and the clearance volume are fixed,
- Polytropic processes are not allowed.
Then the number of possible cycles are
(a) 1 (b) 2
(c) 3 (d) 4