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- over 40% thermal efficiency - significant reduction in CO2 CO2 production is directly inverse-linearly related to thermal eficiency. It is silly to list bot
by fnj 9y ago
- over 40% thermal efficiency
- significant reduction in CO2
CO2 production is directly inverse-linearly related to thermal eficiency. It is silly to list both.
- ComputerGuru 9y agoThis is far from a universally-realized/appreciated fact; it's good to list both for those that weren't aware.
- cromulent 9y agoWould you mind explaining why (to a layman)? The Wikipedia page on thermal efficiency makes no mention of the CO2 relationship.
- YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 9y agoThermal efficiency basically refers to just the efficiency of an ICE (or any heat engine for that matter) – i.e. how much of the chemical energy of the fuel you manage to convert into mechanical energy in the drive train. The better the efficiency, the less fuel you need to produce the same power output, obviously producing less CO2 in the process. (To be more specific, the terms are often used interchangeably. Thermal efficiency has an exact definition in an ideal heat engine and even ways of calculating the theoretical maximum for given conditions – but CO2 or chemical reactions have nothing to do with an ideal heat engine to start with. I'd personally perhaps prefer to talk about just the efficiency in an actual ICE – even if just to be clear none of the losses are conveniently left outside the calculation.)