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 language | English (US) |
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Article number | 022139 |
Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
Volume | 90 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 28 2014 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Statistics and Probability