A finite-time thermodynamic framework for optimizing solar-thermal power plants

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-362

  McMahan, A ^a   Klein, S A ^a   Reindl, D T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite time thermodynamics; Optimization; Powerplant; Solar thermal

Indexed keywords

FIELD SHIFTS; FINITE-TIME THERMODYNAMICS; INVESTMENT RATIO; RANKINE CYCLE DESIGNS;

OPTIMIZATION; POWER CONVERTERS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SOLAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 36348979385     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2769689     Document Type: Article

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