Carnot efficiency

Carnot efficiency

[kär′nō i′fish·ən·sē]
(thermodynamics)
The efficiency of a Carnot engine receiving heat at a temperature absolute T1 and giving it up at a lower temperature absolute T2; equal to (T1-T2)/ T1.
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