Heat engine
class of things
Engines that turn heat into mechanical work.
Principles and materials it uses
- Carnot cycle — uses. The Carnot cycle limits the efficiency of any heat engine.
- Thermodynamics — uses. Thermodynamics describes how engines work.
What it is a kind of
- Watt steam engine — includes. A steam engine turns the heat of steam into work.
- Internal combustion engine — includes. A combustion engine turns the heat of burning fuel into work.
- Machine — is a kind of. Engines are machines.
- Turbojet engine — includes. A heat engine.