Limits and optimization of power input or output of actual thermal cycles

Entropy

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3219-3248

  Açikkalp, Emin ^a   Yamik, Hasan ^a  

^a BILECIK SEYH EDEBALI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Available work; Finite time exergy; Finite time thermodynamic; Heat pump; Irreversibility; Power cycles; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884191688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e15083309     Document Type: Article

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