Then the machine would have a greater output power, or alternately, require less input power.
no longer efficient as it will take more time
an ideal machine
No, an efficiency greater than one would not be possible, since that would violate a very fundamental law of physics: conservation of energy. The efficiency of an "ideal machine" would be one, in many cases; the efficiency of an ideal Carnot engine would be less than one.
Such a machine would have an efficiency of 100% and, as the question suggests, it would be a miracle. No real machine is 100% efficient because there are always losses.
The machine would be one with 100% efficiency. None of those are available.
Efficiency is the ratio of the energy converted into useful work by the machine to the energy supplied to the machine. Certainly it will not be possible to convert all the energy supplied into useful work because of wastage of energy due to so many reasons. So efficiency will be always less than 1. As the efficiency becomes more the loss would become less. Hence it is desirable.
an ideal machine
No, an efficiency greater than one would not be possible, since that would violate a very fundamental law of physics: conservation of energy. The efficiency of an "ideal machine" would be one, in many cases; the efficiency of an ideal Carnot engine would be less than one.
Such a machine would have an efficiency of 100% and, as the question suggests, it would be a miracle. No real machine is 100% efficient because there are always losses.
If there would be a machine with an efficiency of 100 you would have perpetual motion. Some energy must be lost to friction, heat, gravitational pull.Boss if you have efficiency more than 100 % that means your output is more than input, so from where the excess energy you get ...?
The machine would be one with 100% efficiency. None of those are available.
No heat loss = maximum output. There would be no loss of energy, which is an ideal condition.
Although it is impossible for any machine to have an efficiency of 100%, it would in this case be 100%. Studies have shown that when ever there is motion, there has to be a loss of energy due to friction. So any rotating machine, big or small will have losses.
Efficiency is the ratio of the energy converted into useful work by the machine to the energy supplied to the machine. Certainly it will not be possible to convert all the energy supplied into useful work because of wastage of energy due to so many reasons. So efficiency will be always less than 1. As the efficiency becomes more the loss would become less. Hence it is desirable.
No, there is not such thing as an ideal machine; it's just an idea.
A ideal machine would have an efficiency of 100 percent. For this to be possible, the amount of energy output by the machine would equal the amount of energy input. Because all machines have physical parts, some energy is lost to friction, heat dissipation, or other factors, so no machine can be an ideal machine.
100% efficiency would mean that the machine is able to transform energy from one form into another without any loss of energy from the system in the process. For it to have greater than 100% efficiency, it would have to somehow generate additional energy, not contained in the system, in the process, and this is not possible.
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