Analysis of thermal cycles and working fluids for power generation in space

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2864-2878

  Tarlecki, Jason ^a   Lior, Noam ^a   Zhang, Na ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING THERMOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Brayton cycle; Ericsson cycle; Power cycles; Rankine cycle; Space; Space power

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PRODUCTION; RADIATORS; RANKINE CYCLE; THERMAL CYCLING;

ERICSSON CYCLE; FLUID PROPERTIES; POWER CYCLES; POWER PRODUCTION; SPACE POWER;

POWER GENERATION;

EID: 34848905611     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.06.039     Document Type: Article

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