Performance analysis of an irreversible Miller heat engine and its optimum criteria

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 2051-2058

  Zhao, Yingru ^a   Chen, Jincan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Irreversibility; Miller heat engine; Optimization criterion; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PRESSURE CONTROL; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ADIABATIC COMPRESSION; EXPANSION PROCESSES; MILLER HEAT ENGINE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 34247098973     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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