Thermodynamic analysis

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-249

  Demirel, Yaşar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipartition principle; Exergy analysis; Extended exergy analysis; Gibbs free energy minimization; Pinch analysis; Second law analysis; Thermoeconomics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873184532     PISSN: 2193567X     EISSN: 21914281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-012-0450-8     Document Type: Review

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