Otto Cycle

An Otto cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle that describes the functioning of a typical spark-ignition piston engine.

The thermal efficiency equals 1 minus the compression ratio to the power of 1 minus the heat capacity ratio.

Formula

QuantityVariable[Subscript["η", "th"], "ThermalEfficiency"] == 1 - QuantityVariable["r", "Unitless"]^(1 - QuantityVariable["γ", "HeatCapacityRatio"])

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Use some values:

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$FormulaData[ ResourceObject["Otto Cycle"], {QuantityVariable["r","Unitless"] -> 5, QuantityVariable["\[Gamma]","HeatCapacityRatio"] -> 1.4`}]$

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