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MARZOCCHI MX PRO LO '08
The Marzocchi MX Pro Lo features the perfect combination of high-end performance and features at a great price, with your choice of 80mm or 100mm of travel, and advanced lockout to help you conquer any killer climb. The MX Pro Lo gives you the option of using V-brakes, or using post mount disc brakes with rotors up to 7" in size.
  • Lock out
  • RV
  • One Side Coil
  • Alloy XC Steer Tube
  • 30mm Aluminum Stanchions
  • V-Brake Optional
  • 6” Post Mount (Max Disc 7”)
  • Weight(Claimed): 4.89 lbs.
The RV’s roots are from the super reliable SSVF. The new RV is an easy to use rebound adjustment that controls the speed of extension while keeping the wheel on the ground in all riding conditions.

The Lock Out cartridge allows to keep the fork compressed while mantaining a small amount of active travel; this is useful while riding on steep climbs.


Price: 189.99


MARZOCCHI 55 ATA '08
The new-for-08 Marzocchi 55 is the perfect complement to today's crop of long-travel trailbikes. Stands up to the hurt put out by today's freeriders too. ATA model adds Air Travel Adjust feature, letting you dial in the travel from 125-165mm.
  • 125-165mm of travel
  • Air spring
  • TST Micro damping
  • Alloy 1 1/8" steerer tube with 35mm aluminum stanchions
  • 74mm post mount for disc brakes
  • new "QR type" 20mm dropouts for compatibility with today's 20mm throughaxle hubs
  • Claimed 4.64 lbs

Price: 609.00


MARZOCCHI 55 ETA '08
The new-for-08 Marzocchi 55 is the perfect complement to today's crop of long-travel trailbikes. Stands up to the hurt put out by today's freeriders too. Built on the 55 chassis, the ETA model incorporates Marzocchi's Extension Travel Adjust - which limits travel to about 20mm and lowers the ride height for climbing - way better than a simple lockout.
  • Coil spring with air preload
  • TST Damper
  • Alloy 1 1/8" steerer tube with 35mm aluminum stanchions
  • 74mm post mount for disc brakes
  • new "QR type" 20mm dropouts for compatibility with today's 20mm throughaxle hubs
  • claimed 5.63 lbs

Price: 489.00


MARZOCCHI 55 TST2 '08
The new-for-08 Marzocchi 55 is the perfect complement to today's crop of long-travel trailbikes. Stands up to the hurt put out by today's freeriders too. Like the other 55 models, this one serves up 160mm of travel, but with TST2 damping technology and no lockout.
  • Coil spring with air preload
  • Alloy 1 1/8" steerer tube with 35mm aluminum stanchions
  • 74mm post mount for disc brakes
  • new "QR type" 20mm dropouts for compatibility with today's 20mm throughaxle hubs
  • claimed 6.04 lbs



Price: 249.00


MARZOCCHI 55 R '08
The Marzocchi 55 R is an all mountain fork that you can point uphill, downhill or even light freeride and it will just ask for more when you reach the bottom of the hill.
  • 140mm Travel
  • Rebound
  • Air PL
  • One side Coil
  • Alloy Steer Tube
  • 35mm Aluminum Stanchions
  • 6” Post Mount (Max Disc 8”)
  • New 20mm QR Axle
  • Weight(claimed): 6.04 lbs.
R Valve: A Perfect start for beginning bike enthusiasts. The R valve is a simple rebound adjustment used to control the extension rate. One adjustment located at the bottom of the fork keeps the system easy to use and inexpensive for the customer.

Price: 199.00


MARZOCCHI 4X WORLD CUP '08
The Marzocchi 4X World Cup is the only fork strictly designed for one thing and one thing only, get to the finish line first after nailing a 4X course. The 4X World Cup is ridden and designed by some of worlds greatest 4X racers, like 2007 4X World Cup Champion Brian Lopes.
  • 100mm Travel
  • RC3
  • Air PL
  • Air Spring
  • Aluminum Steer Tube
  • 32mm Nickel Coated Alloy Stanchions
  • 6” Post Mount (Max Disc 8”)
  • 20mm Axle
  • Weight(Claimed): 4 lbs.
The RC3 is Marzocchi’s most advanced technology. It features all the tuning capabilities for high performance racing, yet maintains a freeride feeling. Use the Rebound adjuster to control the extension and Position Sensitive Compression. High speed and low speed compression are controlled automatically by the bottom knob to change the range of compression. On the 888, it also features volume adjust. Change the internal air volume to virtually increase oil level.


Price: 399.00


MARZOCCHI 66 ATA '08
The Marzocchi 66 ATA was inspired by countless runs in Whistler’s MTB park and the desire to have a lightweight, long travel single crown fork with 888 performance. With it's advanced ATA and RC3 adjustments and 140mm to 180mm of adjustable travel the 66 ATA is a highly customizable fork that fits in perfectly on the Freeride or Downhill scenes.
  • 140mm to 180mm Adj. Travel
  • RC3
  • ATA (Air Travel Adjust)
  • Air Spring
  • Aluminum Reinforced Steer Tube
  • 38mm Nickel Coated Alloy Stanchions
  • 8” Post Mount (Max Disc 9”)
  • New QR Axle
  • Weight: 6.4 lbs. (with 9"steerer, axle)
ATA: The Air Travel Adjust integrates a dual rate air spring to simulate a coil spring compression curve as well as 40 mm of infinite travel adjustment. Use the Schrader air valve on top of the stroke to perfectly tune the positive and negative air chambers. At the bottom of the leg, a second Schrader air valve is used to modify the progression curve and to control the bottom-out.

RC3: The RC3 is Marzocchi’s most advanced technology. It features all the tuning capabilities for high performance racing, yet maintains a freeride feeling. Use the Rebound adjuster to control the extension and Position Sensitive Compression. High speed and low speed compression are controlled automatically by the bottom knob to change the range of compression.

Price: 699.00


MARZOCCHI 66 ATA 1.5 '08
The Marzocchi 66 ATA was inspired by countless runs in Whistler’s MTB park and the desire to have a lightweight, long travel single crown fork with 888 performance. With it's advanced ATA and RC3 adjustments and 140mm to 180mm of adjustable travel the 66 ATA is a highly customizable fork that fits in perfectly on the Freeride or Downhill scenes.
  • 140mm to 180mm Adj. Travel
  • 1.5 mm steerer tube
  • RC3
  • ATA (Air Travel Adjust)
  • Air Spring
  • Aluminum Reinforced Steer Tube
  • 38mm Nickel Coated Alloy Stanchions
  • 8” Post Mount (Max Disc 9”)
  • New QR Axle
  • Weight(claimed): 5.93 lbs.
ATA: The Air Travel Adjust integrates a dual rate air spring to simulate a coil spring compression curve as well as 40 mm of infinite travel adjustment. Use the Schrader air valve on top of the stroke to perfectly tune the positive and negative air chambers. At the bottom of the leg, a second Schrader air valve is used to modify the progression curve and to control the bottom-out.

RC3: The RC3 is Marzocchi’s most advanced technology. It features all the tuning capabilities for high performance racing, yet maintains a freeride feeling. Use the Rebound adjuster to control the extension and Position Sensitive Compression. High speed and low speed compression are controlled automatically by the bottom knob to change the range of compression.

Price: 799.00


MARZOCCHI 66 RC-3 '08
The Marzocchi 66 RC-3 was inspired by countless runs in Whistler’s MTB park and the desire to have a lightweight, long travel single crown fork with 888 performance. With it's advanced RC3 adjustments and 180mm of travel the 66 RC-3is a highly customizable fork that fits in perfectly on the Freeride or Downhill scenes.
  • 180mm Travel
  • RC3
  • Mech. PL
  • One Side Coil
  • Aluminum Reinforced Steer Tube
  • 38mm Alloy Stanchions
  • 8” Post Mount (Max Disc 9”)
  • New QR Axle
  • Weight(claimed): 5.93 lbs.
RC3: The RC3 is Marzocchi’s most advanced technology. It features all the tuning capabilities for high performance racing, yet maintains a freeride feeling. Use the Rebound adjuster to control the extension and Position Sensitive Compression. High speed and low speed compression are controlled automatically by the bottom knob to change the range of compression.

Price: 519.00


MARZOCCHI 888 RC-3 WORLD CUP '08
The Marzocchi 888 ATA RC-3 World Cup is a fork that is built to provide the big hit performance that freeriders and racers crave, and the 888 meets that goal in one strong and durable package.
  • 200mm Travel
  • RC3 Volume Adj.
  • One Side Ti Spring
  • Aluminum Steer Tube
  • 38mm Nickel Coated Alloy Stanchions
  • 8” Post Mount (Max Disc 9”)
  • 20mm Axle
  • Handle Bar Clamp
  • Weight(Claimed): 6.98 lbs.
RC3: The RC3 is Marzocchi’s most advanced technology. It features all the tuning capabilities for high performance racing, yet maintains a freeride feeling. Use the Rebound adjuster to control the extension and Position Sensitive Compression. High speed and low speed compression are controlled automatically by the bottom knob to change the range of compression. On the 888, it also features volume adjust. Change the internal air volume to virtually increase oil level.



Price: 999.00


MARZOCCHI MNSTR T/SUPERMNSTRREBLD KIT
MARZOCCHI MONSTER T/SUPER MONSTER RE-BULID KIT

Price: 52.80

ROCKSHOX PIKE 07'
RockShox Pike Suspension Forks feature aluminum control knobs and external Floodgate, rebound, compression, and lockout adjustments.
  • 140mm of travel, adjustable down to 90mm
  • Intended application: All Mountain
  • 32mm aluminum upper tubes
  • Motion Control damping with external Floodgate, low-speed compression, and lockout
  • All control knobs are machined aluminum
  • External rebound adjustment
  • Maxle 20mm quick-release thru-axle
  • Hollow crown
  • Aluminum steerer
Item Specifications
Color Black
Crown Race 30.0
Brake Type Disc
Wheel Size 26"
Disc Mount Type 51mm I.S. Front
Fork Travel 95-140 mm
Front Hub Spacing 110 mm
Front Axle Type 20mm Thru
Spring Coil
Wheel Mount Center Offset 0 mm
Weight 4.3 lbs
Steerer Tube 1-1/8" Threadless
Brake Usage F/R Front

Price: 590.00


ROCKSHOX DOMAIN 318IS FORK 07'
RockShox Domain suspension forks. With 35m upper tubes, the Domain is intended for freeride applications. 318Is uses Motion Control with integrated SpeedStack damping.
 
Domain 318IS
  • Intended application: Freeride
  • 35mm taper-wall steel upper tubes
  • All control knobs are machined aluminum and featured detents
  • External rebound adjustment with detents
  • Maxle 360 QR thru-axle system for quick wheel changes and 360-degree lever position
  • Post mounts for direct 160mm mount. Accepts larger rotors with correct adapters.
Item Specifications
Color Black
Crown Race 30.0
Brake Type Disc
Wheel Size 26"
Disc Mount Type 74mm Post Mount
Fork Travel 115-160 mm
Front Hub Spacing 110 mm
Front Axle Type 20mm Thru
Spring Coil
Wheel Mount Center Offset 0 mm
Weight 6.5 lbs
Steerer Tube 1-1/8" Threadless
Brake Usage F/R Front
 
Domain 318IS
  • Intended application: Freeride
  • 35mm taper-wall steel upper tubes
  • All control knobs are machined aluminum and featured detents
  • External rebound adjustment with detents
  • Maxle 360 QR thru-axle system for quick wheel changes and 360-degree lever position
  • Post mounts for direct 160mm mount. Accepts larger rotors with correct adapters.
Item Specifications
Color Black
Crown Race 30.0
Brake Type Disc
Wheel Size 26"
Disc Mount Type 74mm Post Mount
Fork Travel 180 mm
Front Hub Spacing 110 mm
Front Axle Type 20mm Thru
Spring Coil
Wheel Mount Center Offset 0 mm
Weight 6.3 lbs
Steerer Tube 1-1/8" Threadless
Brake Usage F/R Front

Price: 595.00


ROCKSHOX LYRIK
RoxkShox Lyrik All-Mountain forks feature the Mission Control damping system: independent high and low-speed compression damping, Floodgate adjustment, and Floodgate on/off switch.
  • Intended application: All Mountain
  • 35mm aluminum upper tubes
  • New Mission Control damping system featuring independent high and low-speed compression damping, Floodgate adjustment, and Floodgate on/off switch
  • All control knobs are machined aluminum and featured detents
  • External rebound adjustment with detents
  • Maxle 360 QR thru-axle system for quick wheel changes and 360-degree lever position
  • Post mounts for direct 160mm mount. Accepts larger rotors with correct adapters.
Item Specifications
Crown Race 30.0
Brake Type Disc
Wheel Size 26"
Disc Mount Type 74mm Post Mount
Fork Travel 115-160 mm
Front Hub Spacing 110 mm
Front Axle Type 20mm Thru
Spring Coil or Air
Wheel Mount Center Offset 0 mm
Weight 5.4 lbs/5.0(Air)
Steerer Tube 1-1/8" Threadless

Price: 920.00


DIMENSION MINI/JR BMX RACE FORK
Dimension Mini/Jr BMX Race 20x 1" Fork uses a strong CrMo construction and accept standard 3/8" axles.
  • Threaded forks have 6-1/2" steerer tubes with 2" of threading
  • Wheel Size: 20"
  • Front Axle Type: 3/8"
  • Material: CrMo
  • Steerer Tube: 1" Threadless


Price: 38.00


ODYSSEY DIRT FORK
The Odyssey Fork Classic features 3/8" dropouts and uses a CrMo construction to make this a strong yet light fork.
  • Steerer Tube Length: 170 mm
  • Wheel Size: 20"
  • Front Axle Type: 3/8"
  • Weight: 992 g
  • Material: CrMo
  • Steerer Tube: 1-1/8" Threadless


Price: 91.54


MARZOCCHI ECC/ETA KNOB '02 FORKS
MARZOCCHI ECC/ETA KNOB '02 FORKS
 
Item Specifications
Unit of Sale Each
Fits Marzocchi ''02 forks (except Marathon)
Manufacturer Number 549063>E

Price: 7.50


FOX VANILLA COIL SPRING KIT - YELLOW
Fox Racing Shox Yellow Spring kit for use the the Vanilla coil sprung fork.
  • Part No. 039-05-014

Price: 25.00

 

Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods.[1] However, the term "automobile" is far from precise, because there are many types of vehicles that do similar tasks.

Automobile comes via the French language, from the Greek language by combining auto [self] with mobilis [moving]; meaning a vehicle that moves itself, rather than being pulled or pushed by a separate animal or another vehicle. The alternative name car is believed to originate from the Latin word carrus or carrum [wheeled vehicle], or the Middle English word carre [cart] (from Old North French), and karros; a Gallic wagon.[2][3]

As of 2002, there were 590 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car per eleven people).[4]

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History

Although Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is often credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769 by adapting an existing horse-drawn vehicle, this claim is disputed by some, who doubt Cugnot's three-wheeler ever ran or was stable. Others claim Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672 which was of small scale and designed as a toy for the Chinese Emperor that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger, but quite possibly, was the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile').[5][6] What is not in doubt is that Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road locomotive in 1801, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam-powered road vehicle although it was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods, and would have been of little practical use.

In Russia, in the 1780s, Ivan Kulibin developed a human-pedalled, three-wheeled carriage with modern features such as a flywheel, brake, gear box, and bearings; however, it was not developed further.[7]

François Isaac de Rivaz, a Swiss inventor, designed the first internal combustion engine, in 1806, which was fueled by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen and used it to develop the world's first vehicle, albeit rudimentary, to be powered by such an engine. The design was not very successful, as was the case with others such as Samuel Brown, Samuel Morey, and Etienne Lenoir with his hippomobile, who each produced vehicles (usually adapted carriages or carts) powered by clumsy internal combustion engines.[8]

In November 1881 French inventor Gustave Trouvé demonstrated a working three-wheeled automobile that was powered by electricity. This was at the International Exhibition of Electricity in Paris.[9]

Although several other German engineers (including Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Siegfried Marcus) were working on the problem at about the same time, Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern automobile.[8]

An automobile powered by his own four-stroke cycle gasoline engine was built in Mannheim, Germany by Karl Benz in 1885 and granted a patent in January of the following year under the auspices of his major company, Benz & Cie., which was founded in 1883. It was an integral design, without the adaptation of other existing components and including several new technological elements to create a new concept. This is what made it worthy of a patent. He began to sell his production vehicles in 1888.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Two-wheeled motorvehicle policy

Community Action for Sustainable Transport - Draft 18.11.2008

This policy uses some strategies first developed by Motorcycling Australia.

Background


For trips where public transport, walking and cycling are not good options people should consider using a two-wheeled motor vehicle (TWMV) rather than a car.

Switching from a car to a motorcycle, scooter or electric bike is an easy way for people to reduce congestion, greenhouse emissions and save money on fuel.

TWMVs make more efficient use of fuel, road space and parking space than a single occupant car and can play a part in the campaign to reduce congestion and climate change.

Statistics on fuel efficiency are available here

When driven below the speed limit TWMVs also pose less of a safety risk to other road users than cars, trucks and buses due to their weight.

TWMVs are a more affordable transport option than driving a single occupant car, and will also help preserve oil reserves for essential agricultural, medical and transport uses.

All levels of Government should be doing more to encourage people to switch from their car to TWMVs.


Proposed strategies

More free parking spaces for TWMVs at activity centres and public transport nodes. Parking must be safe, conveniently located and ensure pedestrian, wheelchair and cyclist access is not obstructed. Car parks should be reclaimed for TWMV parking where possible.

Inclusion of two-wheeled motor vehicles in National Road Transport policies

Reduction in registration fees for TWMVs

Provision of TWMV-only lanes on key arterial roads

Exemption from tolls on tolled roads and infrastructure for TWMVs

Mandatory TWMV parking to be included in the construction plans for new buildings

Integration of TWMVs into the planning for Public Transport projects, such as park and ride for bikes.

A national standard that restricts the speed of new TWMVs available for the general public to 120km/hr

Advertising campaigns to encourage people to switch from a car to a two-wheeled motor vehicle

Government purchase of electric bicycles for use by employees and citizens

Fuel efficiency, in its basic sense, is the same as thermal efficiency, meaning the efficiency of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier fuel into kinetic energy or work. Overall fuel efficiency may vary per device, which in turn may vary per application, and this spectrum of variance is often illustrated as a continuous energy profile. Non-transportation applications, such as industry, benefit from increased fuel efficiency, especially fossil fuel power plants or industries dealing with combustion, such as ammonia production during the Haber process. The United States Department of Energy and the EPA maintain a Web site with fuel economy information, including testing results and frequently asked questions.

In the context of transportation, "fuel efficiency" more commonly refers to the energy efficiency of a particular vehicle model, where its total output (range, or "mileage" [U.S.]) is given as a ratio of range units per a unit amount of input fuel (gasoline, diesel, etc.). This ratio is given in common measures such as "liters per 100 kilometers" (L/100 km) (common in Europe and Canada or "miles per gallon" (mpg) (prevalent in the USA, UK, and often in Canada, using their respective gallon measurements) or "kilometres per litre"(kmpl) (prevalent in Asian countries such as India and Japan). Though the typical output measure is vehicle range, for certain applications output can also be measured in terms of weight per range units (freight) or individual passenger-range (vehicle range / passenger capacity).

This ratio is based on a car's total properties, including its engine properties, its body drag, weight, and rolling resistance, and as such may vary substantially from the profile of the engine alone. While the thermal efficiency of petroleum engines has improved in recent decades, this does not necessarily translate into fuel economy of cars, as people in developed countries tend to buy bigger and heavier cars (i.e. SUVs will get less range per unit fuel than an economy car).

Hybrid vehicle designs use smaller combustion engines as electric generators to produce greater range per unit fuel than directly powering the wheels with an engine would, and (proportionally) less fuel emissions (CO2 grams) than a conventional (combustion engine) vehicle of similar size and capacity. Energy otherwise wasted in stopping is converted to electricity and stored in batteries which are then used to drive the small electric motors. Torque from these motors is very quickly supplied complementing power from the combustion engine. Fixed cylinder sizes can thus be designed more efficiently.

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[edit] Energy-efficiency terminology

"Energy efficiency" is similar to fuel efficiency but the input is usually in units of energy such as British thermal units (BTU), megajoules (MJ), gigajoules (GJ), kilocalories (kcal), or kilowatt-hours (kW·h). The inverse of "energy efficiency" is "energy intensity", or the amount of input energy required for a unit of output such as MJ/passenger-km (of passenger transport), BTU/ton-mile (of freight transport, for long/short/metric tons), GJ/t (for steel production), BTU/(kW·h) (for electricity generation), or litres/100 km (of vehicle travel). This last term "litres per 100 km" is also a measure of "fuel economy" where the input is measured by the amount of fuel and the output is measured by the distance travelled. For example: Fuel economy in automobiles.

Given a heat value of a fuel, it would be trivial to convert from fuel units (such as litres of gasoline) to energy units (such as MJ) and conversely. But there are two problems with comparisons made using energy units:

  • There are two different heat values for any hydrogen-containing fuel which can differ by several percent (see below). Which one do we use for converting fuel to energy?
  • When comparing transportation energy costs, it must be remembered that a kilowatt hour of electric energy may require an amount of fuel with heating value of 2 or 3 kilowatt hours to produce it.

[edit] Energy content of fuel

The specific energy content of a fuel is the heat energy obtained when a certain quantity is burned (such as a gallon, litre, kilogram). It is sometimes called the "heat of combustion". There exists two different values of specific heat energy for the same batch of fuel. One is the high (or gross) heat of combustion and the other is the low (or net) heat of combustion. The high value is obtained when, after the combustion, the water in the "exhaust" is in liquid form. For the low value, the "exhaust" has all the water in vapor form (steam). Since water vapor gives up heat energy when it changes from vapor to liquid, the high value is larger since it includes the latent heat of vaporization of water. The difference between the high and low values is significant, about 8 or 9%.

In thermodynamics, the thermal efficiency (\eta_{th} \,) is a dimensionless performance measure of a thermal device such as an internal combustion engine, a boiler, or a furnace, for example. The input, Q_{in} \,, to the device is heat, or the heat-content of a fuel that is consumed. The desired output is mechanical work, W_{out} \,, or heat, Q_{out} \,, or possibly both. Because the input heat normally has a real financial cost, a memorable, generic definition of thermal efficiency is[1]

\eta_{th} \equiv \frac{\text{What you get}}{\text{What you pay for}}.

From the first law of thermodynamics, the output can't exceed what is input, so

0 \le \eta_{th} \le 1.0.

When expressed as a percentage, the thermal efficiency must be between 0% and 100%. Due to inefficiencies such as friction, heat loss, and other factors, thermal efficiencies are typically much less than 100%. For example, a typical gasoline automobile engine operates at around 25% thermal efficiency, and a large coal-fueled electrical generating plant peaks at about 46%. The largest diesel engine in the world peaks at 51.7%. In a combined cycle plant, thermal efficiencies are approaching 60%.[2]

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[edit] Heat engines

When transforming thermal energy into mechanical energy, the thermal efficiency of a heat engine is the percentage of heat energy that is transformed into work. Thermal efficiency is defined as

\eta_{th} \equiv \frac{W_{out}}{Q_{in}} = 1 - \frac{Q_{out}}{Q_{in}}

[edit] Carnot efficiency

The second law of thermodynamics puts a fundamental limit on the thermal efficiency of heat engines. Surprisingly[citation needed], even an ideal, frictionless engine can't convert anywhere near 100% of its input heat into work. The limiting factors are the temperature at which the heat enters the engine, T_H\,, and the temperature of the environment into which the engine exhausts its waste heat,T_C\,, measured in the absolute Kelvin or Rankine scale. From Carnot's theorem, for any engine working between these two temperatures:

\eta_{th} \le 1 - \frac{T_C}{T_H}\,

This limiting value is called the Carnot cycle efficiency because it is the efficiency of an unattainable, ideal, lossless (reversible) engine cycle called the Carnot cycle. No heat engine, regardless of its construction, can exceed this efficiency.

Examples of T_H\, are the temperature of hot steam entering the turbine of a steam power plant, or the temperature at which the fuel burns in an internal combustion engine.

 

 

 

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