Understanding the thermodynamic inefficiencies in combustion processes

Energy

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-11

  Tsatsaronis, George ^a   Morosuk, Tatiana ^a   Koch, Daniela ^a   Sorgenfrei, Max ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced exergy analysis; Combustion process; Exergy analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; CONVENTIONAL EXERGETIC ANALYSIS; CONVERSION PROCESS; ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC EVALUATION; THERMODYNAMIC INEFFICIENCIES;

COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION; ENERGY; EXERGY; FRICTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84886640619     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.04.075     Document Type: Article

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