Finite-Time Thermoeconomic Optimization of a Solar-Driven Heat Engine Model

Entropy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-183

  Barranco Jimenez, Marco A ^a   Sanchez Salas, Norma ^a   Angulo Brown, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Irreversible; Optimization; Solar driven heat engine; Thermoeconomic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855995777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e13010171     Document Type: Article

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