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    1. The apparent “super-Carnot” efficiency of hurricanes: Nature’s steam engine versus the steam... 2011

      Denur, Jack

      American Journal Of Physics, Vol. 79, Issue 6, pp. 631 - 643.

      The thermodynamics of the hurricane—Nature’s steam engine—presents surprising contrasts with that of the steam locomotive. The hurricane rejects not only its waste heat at the lowest available temp... Read more

      The thermodynamics of the hurricane—Nature’s steam engine—presents surprising contrasts with that of the steam locomotive. The hurricane rejects not only its waste heat at the lowest available temperature (as all heat engines must do to maximize efficiency), but also its work (that is, the kinetic energy of its winds) via frictional dissipation at the highest available temperature. We show how the hurricane’s “super-Carnot” efficiency is consistent with the laws of thermodynamics. We also show that even standard heat engines can achieve “super-Carnot” efficiency, albeit via a different mechanism and to a far inferior degree than the hurricane. Read less

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    2. Twelve Twenty-Five: The Life and Times of a Steam Locomotive by Kevin P. Keefe (review) 2017

      Babbish, Byron

      The Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 43, Issue 2, pp. 88 - 89.

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    3. American Steam Locomotives: Design and Development, 1880–1960 by William L. Withuhn (review) 2021

      Barber, John F

      Leonardo (Oxford), Vol. 54, Issue 2, p. 261.

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