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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2009
      August 2007
      ISBN:
      9780511546105
      9780521868808
      9780521169288
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511546105
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 188 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.28kg, 188 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Mathematics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics, Thermal-Fluids Engineering
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    This 2007 book presents a developed general conceptual and basic quantitative analysis as well as the theory of mechanical efficiency of heat engines that a level of ideality and generality compatible with the treatment given to thermal efficiency in classical thermodynamics. This yields broad bearing results concerning the overall cyclic conversion of heat into usable mechanical energy. The work reveals intrinsic limits on the overall performance of reciprocating heat engines. The theory describes the general effects of parameters such as compression ratio and external or buffer pressure on engine output. It also provides rational explanations of certain operational characteristics such as how engines generally behave when supercharged or pressurized. The results also identify optimum geometric configurations for engines operating in various regimes from isothermal to adiabatic and are extended to cover multi-workspace engines and heat pumps. Limited heat transfer due to finite-time effects have also been incorporated into the work.

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