Design considerations for a power optimized regenerative endoreversible Stirling cycle

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 539-547

  Bhattacharyya, Souvik ^a   Blank, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Stirling cycle; Thermodynamic design

Indexed keywords

HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION;

ENDOREVERSIBLE STIRLING CYCLE;

STIRLING CYCLE;

EID: 0033626192     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(200005)24:6<539::AID-ER605>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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