Optimization of a thermoacoustic engine with a complex heat transfer exponent

Entropy

Volumn 5, Issue 5 SPEC., 2003, Pages 444-451

  Wu, Feng ^a   Wu, Chih ^b   Guo, Fangzhong ^c   Li, Qing ^d   Chen, Lingen ^e  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

^e Naval Academy of Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

Complex heat transfer exponent; Optimization zone; Thermoacoustic engine

Indexed keywords

ENERGY RESOURCES; ENTROPY; HEAT ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; OSCILLATIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPLEX HEAT TRANSFER EXPONENT; HEAT RESERVOIRS; OPTIMIZATION ZONE; THERMOACOUSTIC ENGINES;

EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE);

EID: 11144335502     PISSN: 10994300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e5050444     Document Type: Article

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