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Originally Posted by arcosine
A turbocharger is used in the Atkinson cycle because it is more efficient at compression that a piston (slider-crank) is near BDC. The turbine in Smokies engine does not recover waste heat.
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The Prius uses an Atkinson cycle and has no turbo. Simply a camshaft that holds the intake valve open during the first part of the compression stroke. Thereby lowering the effective compression stroke and VE.
Smokey's engine uses a heat exchanger in the intake manifold.
