Efficiency of an Otto engine under alternative power optimizations

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 745-752

  Gumus, Metin ^a   Atmaca, Mustafa ^a   Yilmaz, Tamer ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Heat engine; Otto cycle; Performance optimization; Power optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EFFICIENT POWER; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; OTTO ENGINES; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION; POWER DENSITIES; POWER OPTIMIZATION; SPECIFIC VOLUME; TEMPERATURE RATIO; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; OTTO CYCLE;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 67649362154     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1515     Document Type: Article

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