Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780073398174
Author: Yunus A. Cengel Dr., Michael A. Boles
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 9.12, Problem 185FEP
For specified limits for the maximum and minimum temperatures, the ideal cycle with the lowest thermal efficiency is
- (a) Carnot
- (b) Stirling
- (c) Ericsson
- (d) Otto
- (e) All are the same
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