Enhanced efficiency of internal combustion engines by employing spinning gas

V. I. Geyko, N. J. Fisch

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Abstract

The efficiency of the internal combustion engine might be enhanced by employing spinning gas. A gas spinning at near sonic velocities has an effectively higher heat capacity, which allows practical fuel cycles, which are far from the Carnot efficiency, to approach more closely the Carnot efficiency. A remarkable gain in fuel efficiency is shown to be theoretically possible for the Otto and Diesel cycles. The use of a flywheel, in principle, could produce even greater increases in efficiency.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number022139
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
Volume90
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 28 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Statistics and Probability

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