Performance of reciprocating Brayton cycle with heat transfer, friction and variable specific heats of working fluid

International Journal of Ambient Energy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Ge, Y ^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

AIR; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; FRICTION; HEAT ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMICS; TRIBOLOGY;

CYCLE ANALYSIS; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; HEAT TRANSFER LOSS; IRREVERSIBLE CYCLE; POWER OUT PUT; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; VARIABLE SPECIFIC HEATS OF WORKING FLUID; VARIABLE SPECIFIC-HEAT;

BRAYTON CYCLE;

EID: 51749084993     PISSN: 01430750     EISSN: 21628246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2008.9675059     Document Type: Article

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