Modeling the exergy behavior of human body

Energy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 546-553

  Keutenedjian Mady, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Silva Ferreira, Maurício ^a   Itizo Yanagihara, Jurandir ^a   Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo ^a   de Oliveira Junior, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Exergy analysis; Exergy efficiency; Human body behavior

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ENERGY CONVERSION; TISSUE;

CONVERSION PROCESS; ELLIPTICAL CROSS SECTION; ENERGY EQUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY BALANCES; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; HUMAN BODIES; LIFE SPAN; MASS EXCHANGE; MASS FLOW RATE; PERFORMANCE BASED; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; TOTAL VARIATION; TRANSITORY RESPONSE;

EXERGY;

BLOOD; CYLINDER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXERGY; HEAT FLOW; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84865426344     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.02.064     Document Type: Article

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