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Vance Jaqua wrote:

Zachary Carter wrote:

This is also the primary contribution to the

relatively high fuel

consumption, the peripheral exhaust port rotary

simply doesn't extract as

much of the available heat in the form of work as

a piston engine does.  All

else being equal (exhaust and intake port timing

and such), the rotary

engine cycle actually is more efficient than the

carnot cycle,

Zack

NO REAL ENGINE IS EVEN CLOSE TO THE EFFICIENCY OF THE
CARNOT CYCLE - In one of the few areas where Paul and
I agree the Wankel is a true four cycle engine
operating in an average between the theoretical Otto
cycle and Diesel cycle - as do virtuallaly all
internal combustion positive displacement engines (
the Theo Diesel cycle is not predicated on compression
ignition
nor fuel type - "heat addition at constant pressure"
Vance

Gee Vance I did not think we were THAT far apart :-)

Paul Lamar
 
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