total heat

noun

The second is the actual heat efficiency, or the ratio of the heat turned into work to the total heat received by the engine.

The total heat of the steam remains nearly constant, whatever be the temperature at which the vaporization occurred.

The thermal efficiency of an engine is the ratio of the heat transformed into work to the total heat supplied to the engine.

A gallon of gasoline will give on an average but about five-sixths as much total heat as a gallon of kerosene.

His next step was the discovery of the total heat of steam, and that this remains practically constant at all pressures.

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