Optimal performance of an endoreversible four-heat-reservoir absorption heat-transformer

Open Systems and Information Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-159

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

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

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EID: 3142721405     PISSN: 12301612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:OPSY.0000034193.85500.d4     Document Type: Article

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