Optimum performance characteristics of an irreversible solar-driven Brayton heat engine at the maximum overall efficiency

Renewable Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 856-867

  Zhang, Yue ^a   Lin, Bihong ^a,b   Chen, Jincan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUANZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brayton cycle; Irreversibility; Maximum overall efficiency; Solar driven heat engine

Indexed keywords

BRAYTON CYCLE; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAXIMUM OVERALL EFFICIENCY; SOLAR DRIVEN HEAT ENGINE;

HEAT ENGINES;

BRAYTON CYCLE; HEAT ENGINES; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR COLLECTORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENGINE; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 33751232302     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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