Engine efficiency of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful...

cycle is an ideal case of a mechanical engine. In any case, fully understanding an engine and its efficiency requires a good understanding of the (possibly...

turbofan engines. They give higher speed and greater fuel efficiency than piston and propeller aeroengines over long distances. A few air-breathing engines made...

An internal combustion engine (ICE or IC engine) is a heat engine in which the combustion of a fuel occurs with an oxidizer (usually air) in a combustion...

piston type steam engines were the dominant source of power until the early 20th century. The efficiency of stationary steam engine increased dramatically...

internal combustion engine, steam turbine, steam engine, boiler, furnace, refrigerator, ACs etc. For a heat engine, thermal efficiency is the ratio of the...

unit of fuel consumed. It is dependent on several factors including engine efficiency, transmission design, and tire design. In most countries, using the...

improvements resulted in increased engine efficiency that reduced fuel consumption by 10%. The adoption of VVTi, a much higher efficiency single turbocharger than...

The diesel engine is a technical refinement of the 1876 Otto-cycle engine. Where Otto had realized in 1861 that the efficiency of the engine could be increased...

high. The diesel engine has the highest thermal efficiency (see engine efficiency) of any practical internal or external combustion engine due to its very...

Volumetric efficiency (VE) in internal combustion engine engineering is defined as the ratio of the equivalent volume of the fresh air drawn into the...

order to achieve practical thermal efficiency are extreme compared to a non-afterburning airbreathing jet engine. No atmospheric nitrogen is present...

de:Bauhaus Luftfahrt presented a high-efficiency composite cycle engine for 2050, combining a geared turbofan with a piston engine core. The 2.87 m diameter, 16-blade...

fuel efficiency engine efficiency depending on whether the level of efficiency is determined by the fuel itself or the combustion chamber or engine. "Types...

specifies limits on the maximum efficiency that any heat engine can obtain. Carnot's theorem states that all heat engines operating between the same two...

theoretical efficiency limit is 100%, based on it being an open cycle engine and therefore not limited by Carnot efficiency. In comparison, the efficiency of a...

vehicles are propelled by heat engines of some kind, usually an internal combustion engine. The efficiency of a heat engine relates how much useful work...

smoother operation at that engine speed, and increased engine efficiency.[citation needed] The MZ series has an aluminium engine block and aluminium alloy...

upper limit on the efficiency of any classical thermodynamic engine during the conversion of heat into work, or conversely, the efficiency of a refrigeration...

of GDI can help increase engine efficiency and specific power output as well as reduce exhaust emissions. The first GDI engine to reach production was...

Volumetric efficiency, in internal combustion engine design for the RAF Lift-to-drag ratio Faraday efficiency, electrolysis Quantum efficiency, a measure...

heat sink, thereby increasing its efficiency. The heat is supplied from the outside, so the hot area of the engine can be warmed with any external heat...

other words, the independence of thermal and propulsive efficiencies, as exists with the piston engine/propeller combination which preceded the turbojet, is...

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Conversions of units: While the thermal efficiency (mechanical output to chemical energy in fuel) of petroleum engines has increased since the beginning of...

of atmospheric drag, requiring periodic altitude boosts – a high-efficiency engine (high specific impulse) for station-keeping would be valuable; theoretically...

concept of entropy. The Carnot engine is the most efficient heat engine which is theoretically possible. The efficiency depends only upon the absolute...

into the oem tubular manifold to not only lower emissions, but raise engine efficiency. On the 2008 Focus, output is 140 hp (104 kW; 142 PS) at 6000 rpm...

limit of heat engine efficiencies, and the equality of this expression is what is called the Carnot efficiency, that is the efficiency of all reversible...

{m}}v_{e}^{2}}{\eta _{combustion}P_{chem}}}} 100% efficiency within the engine (engine efficiency η c = 100 % {\displaystyle \eta _{c}=100\%} ) would...