Effect of finite heat input on the power performance of micro heat engines

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2686-2692

  Khu, Kerwin ^a   Jiang, Liudi ^a   Markvart, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro heat engine; Power generation; Thermodynamic model

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

APPROPRIATE MODELS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DESIGN STAGE; DEVELOPED MODEL; HEAT INPUT; HEAT LEAKAGE; KEY DESIGN PARAMETERS; MICRO HEAT ENGINE; MICRO POWER SOURCES; MODEL COMPONENTS; PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE; PORTABLE DEVICE; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL LIMITS; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

HEAT ENGINES;

DESIGN; ENGINE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT BALANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 79955649972     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.02.009     Document Type: Article

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