How much free energy is irreversibly lost during a thermodynamic process? For deterministic protocols, lower bounds on energy dissipation arise from the thermodynamic friction associated with pushing ...

SAE International Journal of Engines, Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 766-776 (11 pages) ABSTRACT A novel combined power and cooling cycle based on the Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) and the Compression ...

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The X-Engine technology used in the XTS-210 is a direct drive rotary approach that can be viewed as an "inverted" Wankel engine. It has a trochoidal rotor with a three-lobed housing, but it utilizes a ...

Like countless other 19th-century inventors, entrepreneurs, and tinkerers, British engineer James Atkinson sought ways to improve on the Otto four-stroke combustion engine, first produced in 1876. The ...

3rd Thermodynamic Law Applicated in a Power-Plant Device. The Reaction at From of the Action. New Torque Power. Its a simple Plus Formula of the Interaction of the Two Powers: 1/Action, + 2/Reaction = ...