Performance bound for real OTEC heat engines
Journal Article
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· Ocean Eng.; (United States)
Maximum power and efficiency at the maximum power of an irreversible OTEC heat engine are treated. When time is explicitly considered in the energy exchanges between the heat engine and its surroundings, it is found that there is a bound on the efficiency of the real OTEC heat engine at the maximum power condition. This bound can guide the evaluation of existing OTEC systems or influence design of future OTEC heat engines.
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402 (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5428619
- Journal Information:
- Ocean Eng.; (United States), Vol. 14:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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