The internal combustion engine; being a text book on gas, oil and petrol engines, for the use of students and engineers (1909)
Wimperis, Harry Egerton, 1876- · New York, Van Nostrand · leaf 44
ABSOLUTE THERMAL EFFICIENCY =0-434-RELATIVE EFFICIENCY ■= 059 … should be taken in doing so. The difficulty lies in the factthat the working fluid does not remain in the cylinder for anumber of cycles, but is periodically discharged to exhaust. 24 THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE and a fresh charge brought in. The cycle can, however,be treated as a continuous one…
Internal combustion engines
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