Ecological optimization and performance study of irreversible Stirling and Ericsson heat engines

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2668-2675

  Tyagi, S K ^a   Kaushik, S C ^a   Salhotra, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ECOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION; HEAT CAPACITANCE; HEAT SOURCES;

STIRLING ENGINES;

EID: 0037152691     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/35/20/330     Document Type: Article

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