A sublimation heat engine

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wells, Gary G ^a   Ledesma Aguilar, Rodrigo ^a   McHale, Glen ^a   Sefiane, Khellil ^b,c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENGINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN SITU TEST; ROTATION; SUBLIMATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBINE; VAPORIZATION;

ARTICLE; FRICTION; HEAT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID; MACHINE; MAGNETISM; MOTION; SOLID; SUBLIMATION HEAT ENGINE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84924311457     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7390     Document Type: Article

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