Tag: heat exchangers

On a stationary irreversible regenerative Stirling cycle model, the effect of two sources of irreversibilities (limited rate of heat transfers and heat leak) is investigated. The purpose of this study is to figure out how to get the partial optimization criterion specified in [1]. Because when two design rules...

The performance of a stationary power plant with n Carnot-like cycles is optimized. The following irreversibilities exist in each cycle: finite rate heat transfers between the working fluid and external heat sources, internal dissipation of the working fluid, and heat leak between reservoirs. In a previous study, [1] the...