Optimum criteria on the important parameters of an irreversible Otto heat engine with the temperature-dependent heat capacities of the working fluid

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 348-354

  Zhao, Yingru ^a   Lin, Bihong ^a,b   Chen, Jincan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUANZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat leak loss; Irreversible adiabatic process; Optimum criterion; Otto heat engine; Temperature dependent heat capacity

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC PROCESS; HEAT CAPACITIES; HEAT LEAK LOSS; HEAT LEAKS; OPTIMUM CRITERIA; OTTO HEAT ENGINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

DIESEL ENGINES; ENGINE CYLINDERS; FLUIDS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 70349159338     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: 15288994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2794770     Document Type: Article

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