Entropy generation minimization: The new thermodynamics of finite-size devices and finite-time processes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1191-1218

  Bejan, Adrian ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

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EID: 0000071830     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.362674     Document Type: Review

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