TY - JOUR
T1 - Ecological optimization of a family of n-Müser engines for an arbitrary value of the solar concentration factor
AU - Ramírez-Moreno, M. A.
AU - Angulo-Brown, F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - In a recent paper (Ramírez-Moreno, González-Hernández and Angulo-Brown, 2016) it was discussed the thermodynamic performance of a family of n-Müser engines under the so-called ecological optimization criterion for finite-time heat engines. In this reference it was shown that a 4-Müser engine accomplishes the best performance in comparison with any other n-Müser engine with n≠4. However, this result was obtained for Müser engines operating under the condition of C=Cmax; that is, maximum solar concentration factor. In the present paper we show that the result previously described is also valid for arbitrary values of the concentration factor C.
AB - In a recent paper (Ramírez-Moreno, González-Hernández and Angulo-Brown, 2016) it was discussed the thermodynamic performance of a family of n-Müser engines under the so-called ecological optimization criterion for finite-time heat engines. In this reference it was shown that a 4-Müser engine accomplishes the best performance in comparison with any other n-Müser engine with n≠4. However, this result was obtained for Müser engines operating under the condition of C=Cmax; that is, maximum solar concentration factor. In the present paper we show that the result previously described is also valid for arbitrary values of the concentration factor C.
KW - Blackbody radiation
KW - Curzon–Ahlborn engine
KW - Heat transfer law
KW - Müser engine
KW - Solar concentration factor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physa.2016.10.097
DO - 10.1016/j.physa.2016.10.097
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0378-4371
VL - 469
SP - 250
EP - 255
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
ER -