Would fuel create same BTU in internal combustion engine as in furnace?

Subject: Would fuel create same BTU in internal combustion engine as in furnace?

Date: Sat Sep 11 08:44:16 1999
Posted by Bruce Walker
Grade level: nonaligned School: Home
City: Bellaire State/Province: Mi. Country: usa
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 937053856.Eg

Message:


If I burned a gal. of fuel through an internal combustion engine would it 
create the same amount of heat as it would burning it through a furnace?
Does the energy directed to the pistons take away from the heat it 
produces?

Re: Would fuel create same BTU in internal combustion engine as in furnace?

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