Performance of combined-cycle chemical engines with mass leak

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-290

  Chen, Lingen ^a   Duan, Hui ^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

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); THERMODYNAMICS;

COMBINED-CYCLE CHEMICAL CHANGES;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 0033308020     PISSN: 03400204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JNETDY.1999.017     Document Type: Article

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