Validation of a simulation model for a combined Otto and Stirling cycle power plant

ASME 2010 4th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, ES 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-43

  McGovern, Jim ^a   Cullen, Barry ^a   Feidt, Michel ^b   Petrescu, Stoian ^c  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMING CYCLE; COMBINED CYCLE; COMBINED CYCLE PLANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; CYCLE POWER PLANT; DIVERSE RANGE; ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION; EXERGOECONOMICS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; FINITE DIMENSIONAL; FINITE TIME THERMODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL USE; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; OTTO-CYCLE ENGINES; PERFORMANCE ASPECTS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION MODEL; STIRLING;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; ENTROPY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; STIRLING CYCLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84860313166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ES2010-90220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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