Ecological optimization of energy selective electron (ESE) heat engine

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 276-284

  Ding, Zemin ^a   Chen, Lingen ^a   Sun, Fengrui ^a  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological performance; Electron transport; Energy selective electron (ESE) heat engine; Finite time thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULAS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL OPTIMIZATION; ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTIC; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY SELECTIVE ELECTRON (ESE) HEAT ENGINE; ENTROPY GENERATION RATE; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; INTERMEDIATE REGIMES; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MICRO-NANO; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OPERATION REGIME; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; POWER OUT PUT; RESONANCE WIDTH; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; WORKING POINT;

ECOLOGY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENTROPY; OPTIMIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 77955713143     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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