Thermodynamic modeling of performance of a Miller cycle with engine speed and variable specific heat ratio of working fluid

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2169-2176

  Ebrahimi, Rahim ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Finite time processes; Friction; Heat resistance; Internal irreversibility; Miller heat engine

Indexed keywords

AIR STANDARD MILLER CYCLE; ENGINE SPEED; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; FINITE-TIME PROCESSES; INTERNAL IRREVERSIBILITY; MILLER CYCLE; MILLER HEAT-ENGINE; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; POWER OUT PUT; SPECIFIC HEAT RATIO; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; VARIABLE SPECIFIC-HEAT; WORKING FLUID;

AIR; CALORIMETRY; COMPRESSION RATIO (MACHINERY); HEAT ENGINES; HEAT RESISTANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

SPECIFIC HEAT;

EID: 80052272135     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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