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I don't see why that would be the case. Why is the 20% of eg. an internal combustion engine coupled to the 500% COP of a heat pump? I see a vague connection as
by ragebol 2mo ago
I don't see why that would be the case. Why is the 20% of eg. an internal combustion engine coupled to the 500% COP of a heat pump? I see a vague connection as an ICE also uses expanding gasses etc, but that's about it. What am I missing?
- inigyou 2mo agoAn ICE is not an ideal heat engine. But if you did have an ideal heat engine, it could either produce work by reducing a temperature difference, or increase a temperature difference when provided with work. No physical device can do better than an ideal heat engine.
- ragebol 2mo agoAh, thanks, had to be something like that indeed. Had a hard time imagining putting work into an ICE and getting anything useful out.