The document is a presentation on heat engines prepared by three students. It discusses the key components and processes of a 4-stroke gasoline engine, including the intake, compression, power, and exhaust strokes. It then covers engine efficiency, defining it as the ratio of net work done to heat supplied. The document introduces the Carnot engine as a theoretical most efficient heat engine model and describes its ideal Carnot cycle and maximum efficiency. Finally, it briefly discusses entropy and how heat pumps and refrigerators operate similarly to a reversed heat engine.