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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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Good page about Adiabatic Process and Diesel Engines - Ve calculator.

"An adiabatic process is one in which no heat is gained or lost by the system"

The input and output energies and the efficiency can be calculated from the temperatures and specific heats:
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu...diesel.html#c1


http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu.../adiab.html#c1

Phox will be only one understands it....
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 07:58 PM
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I haven't even read the word "adiabatic" since the late great Smokie Yunick explained it.
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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Phox will be only one understands it....
I got lost after "The Diesel" and "An".


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Old Oct 8, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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I wonder what became of Smokey's Fiero.
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Old Oct 9, 2005 | 12:52 AM
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What was gamma (γ) again?

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