Optimization of a commercial aircraft environmental control system

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1885-1904

  Pérez Grande, Isabel ^a,b   Leo, Teresa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Clin Hosp Cd Universitaria S n   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aircraft systems; Compact heat exchangers; Entropy generation minimization; Optimal geometry; Thermodynamic optimization

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; COOLANTS; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; NOZZLES; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS (ECS);

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0036887712     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00130-8     Document Type: Article

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