Effects of heat transfer and variable specific heats of working fluid on performance of a Miller cycle

International Journal of Ambient Energy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-214

  Ge, Y ^a   Chen, L ^a   Sun, F ^a   Wu, C ^b  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPRESSION RATIO; CYCLE ANALYSIS; MILLER CYCLE; WORKING FLUIDS;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 31144462550     PISSN: 01430750     EISSN: 21628246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2005.9674991     Document Type: Article

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