Effect of combustion on the economic operation of endoreversible otto and joule-brayton engine

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-256

  Bera, Nimai Chandra ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Santanu ^b  

^a A B N SEAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Combustion; Endoreversibility; Flame temperature; Heat engine; Thermoeconomics

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENDOREVERSIBILITY; FLAME TEMPERATURE; JOULE BRAYTON ENGINE; OTTO ENGINE; THERMOECONOMICS;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 0032024568     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(19980310)22:3<249::AID-ER364>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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