  In this paper, we derive entropy estimates for a class of schemes for the
Euler equations which present the following features: they are based on the
internal energy equation (eventually with a positive corrective term at the
righ-hand-side so as to ensure consistency) and the possible upwinding is
performed with respect to the material velocity only. The implicit-in-time
first-order upwind scheme satisfies a local entropy inequality. A
generalization of the convection term is then introduced, which allows to limit
the scheme diffusion while ensuring a weaker property: the entropy inequality
is satisfied up to a remainder term which is shown to tend to zero with the
space and time steps, if the discrete solution is controlled in L $\infty$ and
BV norms. The explicit upwind variant also satisfies such a weaker property, at
the price of an estimate for the velocity which could be derived from the
introduction of a new stabilization term in the momentum balance. Still for the
explicit scheme, with the above-mentioned generalization of the convection
operator, the same result only holds if the ratio of the time to the space step
tends to zero.
