Thermal Efficiency

Why the thermal efficiency of the engine decreases at part load?

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kanthasami

  • Jul 26th, 2009
 

There are always some mechanical losses in the engine while running. These losses are more or less same at all the speeds.
When the speed decreases, the output will obviously decreases. But, the losses remain same. So, the overall efficiency also decrease.

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