Brake-specific fuel consumption (BSFC) measures how efficiently an engine converts fuel mass into useful work.
Lower is better. Modern petrol engines achieve roughly 250–270 g/kWh at their best efficiency point.
Given fuel mass flow rate m_dot (kg/s) and brake power P (W), compute BSFC in g/kWh.
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