Optimisation of the thermodynamic performance of the Stirling engine

International Journal of Ambient Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 149-161

  Ahmadi, Mohammad H ^a   Mohammadi, Amir H ^b,c   Pourkiaei, S Mohsen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CHIMIQUE ET PÉTROLIER IRGCP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Material and Energy Research Center ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

entropy generation; model; multi objective optimisation; output work; Stirling engine; thermodynamic analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EFFICIENCY; ENGINES; ENTROPY; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; MODELS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE; REGENERATORS; STIRLING CYCLE; STIRLING ENGINES; TEMPERATURE; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY GENERATION; FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT EXCHANGERS; MULTI OBJECTIVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OUTPUT WORK; REGENERATOR EFFECTIVENESS; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84957727325     PISSN: 01430750     EISSN: 21628246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2014.907211     Document Type: Article

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