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Categories: Engine technology, Energy conversion, Thermodynamics, Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, Articles with short description

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Any engine that makes use of heat to do work WordNet 3.0

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Any engine that makes use of heat to do work WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In thermodynamics and engineering, a heat engine is a system that converts heat to usable energy, particularly mechanical energy, which can then be used to do mechanical work. Wikipedia

A physical or theoretical device that converts thermal energy to mechanical output Wikipedia Disambiguation

System that performs the conversion of heat or thermal energy to mechanical work Wikidata

Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink. Wiktionary

Device for converting heat. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

engine

thermodynamic system

HAS PART

boiler feedwater pump

working fluid

condensate polisher

HAS KIND

external-combustion engine

internal-combustion engine

HAS INSTANCE

MATERIAL USED

OBJECTIVE OF PROJECT OR ACTION

energy conversion

PRODUCT OR MATERIAL PRODUCED

mechanical energy

STUDIED BY

thermodynamics

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heat engine

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