Correlation between Thermodynamic Efficiency and Ecological Cyclicity for Thermodynamic Power Cycles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Layton, Astrid ^a   Reap, John ^b   Bras, Bert ^a,c   Weissburg, Marc ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY; ENGINEERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRY; PERIODICITY; POWER PLANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84871347530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051841     Document Type: Article

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