Performance of an Atkinson cycle with heat transfer, friction and variable specific-heats of the working fluid

Applied Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1210-1221

  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

Atkinson cycles; Finite time thermodynamics; Friction; Heat resistance; Performance optimization; Variable specific heat

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFIC HEAT;

ATKINSON CYCLE; FINITE-TIME THERMODYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION; VARIABLE SPECIFIC-HEAT;

HEAT TRANSFER;

FRICTION; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT RESISTANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFIC HEAT;

COMPRESSION; ENGINE; FLUID FLOW; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 33747156346     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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