Optimal performance of an irreversible dual-cycle

Applied Energy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-14

  Chen, Lingen ^a   Sun, Fengrui ^a   Wu, Chih ^b  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual cycle; Finite time thermodynamics; Performance optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; FRICTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPRESSION RATIO; IRREVERSIBLE DUAL-CYCLES;

THERMODYNAMICS;

FRICTION LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2642561883     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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