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Old 04-19-2012, 06:27 AM   #29 (permalink)
kevman
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Originally Posted by t vago View Post
What difference does it make? You completely missed the point.

Engineers work with reality.
your posts are quite informative & you clearly Know your thermo, i get your arguement on latent heats required just to arrive at the point where water turns to steam.
but then again, your only considering the heat energy available/escaping with the exhaust gasses.
let me ask you this, theoretically speaking, an ideal engine will have no/minimum heat transfer to outside the working medium (pison/valves/cylinder ect) correct? that is why ceramic coated pistons/liners/sleeves ect are benificial as i understand it. which means more heat trapped inside to do work.
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