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24th October 2006 | 07:25

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yellowbird135

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From: nice house

To put it in a couple of words:
Piston>expansion in a closed chamber. the only way for the gas to expand is to displace the piston with no slip at all
Turbine> semi-open expansion chamber > through a turbine (air coupling, lots of slip)

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