(Whether or not that speedup is worth it, is another question, and I’ll be talking about this in another article.)The second insight has to do with an aspect of efficiency that comes up in thermodynamics, namely Carnot’s Theorem, which puts bounds on the efficiency of a heat engine, ...
Stirling engines had the same theoretical efficiency as the Carnot cycle and the Carnot cycle has the maximum possible theoretical efficiency. I thought to myself, “if these are so great, why are they not being used?” It’s probably the same question that brought you to this page. Other ...