Principles of liquids working in heat engines.
The thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of liquids suggest that they should be powerful working fluids in heat engines. Their use requires heat engines based conceptually on the Stirling and Malone principles. The principles are explained, and then experiments on propylene are presented that demonstrate the principles and confirm the thermodynamic analysis.
Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093.
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