Free Energy and Internal Combustion Engine Cycles

2012/01/11 by William D. Harris, Harris, William D.
Physics and Astronomy · #Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #General Physics (physics.gen-ph) #physics.chem-ph #physics.gen-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1205.0177

arxiv created 2012/01/11 · arxiv updated 2012/05/02

Abstract

The performance of one type (Carnot) of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cycle is analyzed within the framework of thermodynamic free energies. ICE performance is different from that of an External Combustion Engine (ECE) which is dictated by Carnot's rule.

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