The comprehensive influence of several major irreversibilities on the performance of an Ericsson heat engine

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-564

  Chen, Jincan ^a,b   Schouten, Jan A ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ericsson heat engine; Finite rate heat transfer; Heat leak loss; Maximum efficiency; Maximum power output; Regenerative loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001740917     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1359-4311(98)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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