Entransy - A physical quantity describing heat transfer ability

DOI10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.11.034zbMath1119.80326MaRDI QIDQ2370850

Zeng-Yuan Guo, Xin Gang Liang, Hong-Ye Zhu

Publication date: 29 June 2007

Published in: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.11.034

zbMATH Keywords

dissipation; entransy; extremum principle of entransy dissipation; heat transfer optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

80M50: Optimization problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer

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