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Originally Posted by christofoo
Agreed all around, except careful what you mean by 'set' amount of fuel. It will be a variable for analysis, fixed for a given type of engine operation (and all other things being equal).
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Sure. We're getting there, so be patient.
Clarifying things a bit, I am concentrating on a single combustion cycle. I am not introducing any more fuel during this cycle, nor am I taking any fuel away from this cycle. Some set amount of fuel will be combined with some set amount of oxygen, within this cycle. Let's concentrate only on one combustion cycle, and leave steady-state/transient engine operation alone for a little bit longer.
This combustion cycle will produce a set amount of work, because we are combining a set amount of fuel with a set amount of oxygen, right? This is work that the cylinder is producing, right?