Models of power plants that generate minimum entropy while operating at maximum power

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1054-1059

  Bejan, Adrian ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

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EID: 0030520956     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18306     Document Type: Article

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