Effect of heat transfer law on the performance of a generalized irreversible Carnot engine

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-105

  Chen, Lingen ^a   Sun, Fengrui ^a   Wu, Chih ^b  

^a Naval Academy of Engineering   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNOT CYCLE; FRICTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT STORAGE; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; TURBULENCE;

HEAT RESERVOIRS; HEAT TRANSFER LAW; IRREVERSIBLE CARNOT ENGINE; IRREVERSIBLE CARNOT ENGINES;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 0032590267     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/2/006     Document Type: Article

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