The effect of heat transfer on the performance of an endoreversible closed intercooled regenerated Brayton cycle

Journal of the Energy Institute

Volumn 77, Issue 511, 2004, Pages 37-45

  Wang, W ^a   Chen, L ^a   Sun, F ^a   Wu, C ^b  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLE ANALYSIS; ENDOREVERSIBLE CLOSED BRAYTON CYCLE; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT RESEVOIR; INTERCOOLER; INTERCOOLING PROCESS; REGENERATED PROCESS;

COMPRESSORS; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REGENERATORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRAYTON CYCLE;

EID: 4444268814     PISSN: 01442600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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