OPTIMAL TEMPERATURES AND MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT OF A COMPLEX SYSTEM WITH LINEAR PHENOMENOLOGICAL HEAT TRANSFER LAW

Abstract

A complex system including several heat reservoirs, finite thermal capacity subsystems with different temperatures and a transformer (heat engine or refrigerator) with linear phenomenological heat transfer law [q proportional to DT-1] is studied by using finite time thermodynamics. The optimal temperatures of the subsystems and the transformer and the maximum power output (or the minimum power needed) of the system are obtained.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2008-11-09
  • Revision Date2009-04-14
  • Acceptance Date2009-04-30

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI0904033C

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