Aparticular car engine operates between temperatures of 440°c (inside the cylinders of the engine) and 20°c (the temperature of the surroundings). given these two temperatures, what is the maximum possible efficiency the car can have? (note that actual car engine efficiencies are in the 20-25% range.) %.

One of the concepts to be used to solve this problem is that of thermal efficiency, that is, that coefficient or dimensionless ratio calculated as the ratio of the energy produced and the energy supplied to the machine.

From the temperature the value is given as

Where,

T_L = Cold focus temperature

T_H = Hot spot temperature

Our values are given as,

T_L = 20\° C = (20+273) K = 293 K

T_H = 440\° C = (440+273) K = 713 K

Replacing we have,

Therefore the maximum possible efficiency the car can have is 58.9%

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not too sure thinking all accelerations are pointed down