Compare the pV-diagram for the Otto cycle in Fig. 20.6 with the diagram for the Carnot heat

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Compare the pV-diagram for the Otto cycle in Fig. 20.6 with the diagram for the Carnot heat engine in Fig. 20.13. Explain some of the important differences between the two cycles.

Fig. 20.6

Otto cycle 2 Heating at constant volume (fuel combustion) Adiabatic expansion (power stroke) be rV (1 Adiabatic compress

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University Physics with Modern Physics

ISBN: 978-0133977981

14th edition

Authors: Hugh D. Young, Roger A. Freedman

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