Progress in entransy theory and its applications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 4404-4426

  Chen, LinGen ^a  

^a NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

constructal theory; entransy dissipation extreme principle; entransy theory; entropy generation rate; finite time thermodynamics; generalized thermodynamic optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870272315     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5477-4     Document Type: Review

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