Development of the performance of an alpha-type heat engine by using elbow-bend transposed-fluids heat exchanger as a heater and a cooler

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1010-1019

  El Ehwany, A A ^a   Hennes, G M ^a   Eid, E I ^b   El Kenany, E A ^c  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Workers University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Alpha engine; Elbow bend heat exchangers; Schmidt theory; Stirling engines

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENGINE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COOLANT FLOW; ELBOW-BEND HEAT EXCHANGERS; GAS FLOWS; HEAT TRANSFER AND PRESSURE DROP; HEATER TUBE; HIGH THERMAL; IN-LINE; PHASE ANGLES; SCHMIDT THEORY; STIRLING; WORKING GAS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; ENGINES; FLUE GASES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NITROGEN; STIRLING ENGINES; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

ENGINE CYLINDERS;

EID: 78649334771     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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