The effects of variable specific heats of working fluid on the performance of an irreversible Otto cycle

International Journal of Exergy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 274-283

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

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

finite time thermodynamics; friction; heat resistance; Otto cycles; performance optimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144457090     PISSN: 17428297     EISSN: 17428300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEX.2005.007255     Document Type: Article

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