I’m not sure that I agree that a real car engine is a special case of a Carnot engine; I think the general case is a heat engine, of which a Carnot engine is a special case that is mathematically convenient but unattainable in physical reality.
I’m not sure that I agree that a real car engine is a special case of a Carnot engine; I think the general case is a heat engine, of which a Carnot engine is a special case that is mathematically convenient but unattainable in physical reality.