Efficiency bound of a solar-driven Stirling heat engine system

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 805-812

  Chen, Jincan ^a   Yan, Zijun ^a   Chen, Lixuan ^a   Andresen, Bjarne ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR COLLECTORS;

HEAT ENGINES;

EFFICIENCY; ENGINE; HEAT EXCHANGER;

EID: 15144345038     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-114X(199807)22:9<805::AID-ER404>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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