Parametric optimum design of an irreversible heat-transformer based on the thermo-economic approach

Applied Energy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-365

  Wu, Suzhi ^a   Chen, Jincan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat transformer; Irreversibility; Optimization; Performance bound; Thermoeconomic objective function

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MACHINE DESIGN; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT TRANSFORMERS; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PUMPING LOAD;

HEAT ENGINES;

DESIGN; HEAT TRANSFORMER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 10644240611     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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