Entropy Generation Minimization for Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) Reactors [PDF]
Entropy, 2018 Thermal design and optimization for reverse water gas shift (RWGS) reactors is particularly important to fuel synthesis in naval or commercial scenarios.
Lei Zhang +4 more
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Entropy Generation Analysis of Desalination Technologies [PDF]
Entropy, 2011 Increasing global demand for fresh water is driving the development and implementation of a wide variety of seawater desalination technologies. Entropy generation analysis, and specifically, Second Law efficiency, is an important tool for illustrating ...
John H. Lienhard V +5 more
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Constructal Design of Elliptical Cylinders with Heat Generating for Entropy Generation Minimization [PDF]
Entropy, 2020 A heat dissipation model of discrete elliptical cylinders with heat generation on a thermal conduction pedestal cooled by forced convection is established.
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Entropy Generation Optimization in Multidomain Systems: A Generalized Gouy-Stodola Theorem and Optimal Control [PDF]
EntropyThe paper considers an extended interpretation of the second law of thermodynamics and its implications to power conversion optimization in multidomain systems.
Hanz Richter +2 more
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Entropy Generation Minimization Theoretical Analysis for External Flow Around Horizontal Cylinder at low Reynold Number [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2018 The minimization of entropy generation is a helpful method to design optimum thermal system, and find an expression for entropy generation at several ranges of Reynolds number for heat transfer and friction flow irreversibility is a good way to achieve ...
Louay Mahdi
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Entropy generation rate minimization for sulfur trioxide decomposition membrane reactor
Energy Reports, 2022 Sulfuric acid decomposition is the critical reaction in sulfur-iodide thermochemical cycle to produce oxygen. Sulfuric acid can decompose spontaneously into sulfur trioxide (SO3) and water, and SO3 continues to decompose into oxygen and sulfur dioxide ...
Rui Kong +4 more
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Entropy Generation Minimization of Two-Phase Flow Irreversibilities in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Energies, 2023 The efficient use of available energy in hydrocarbon extraction processes is essential to reducing overall emissions in the petroleum industry. The inefficient design of an extraction process leads to higher emissions per unit mass of hydrocarbon ...
Murtada A. Elhaj +3 more
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Entropy, 2022 Heat transport augmentation in closed chambers can be achieved using nanofluids and extended heat transfer surfaces. This research is devoted to the computational analysis of natural convection energy transport and entropy emission within a closed region,
Xuan Hoang Khoa Le +3 more
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Entropy Generation Minimization for Energy-Efficient Desalination [PDF]
, 2018 Desalination systems can be conceptualized as power cycles, in which the useful work output is the work of separation of fresh water from saline water. In this framing, thermodynamic analysis provides powerful tools for raising energy efficiency.
Lienhard, John H
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Optimization of heat sink for thyristor using particle swarm optimization
Results in Engineering, 2019 The objective of this work is to optimize the geometry of the heat sink, which improves the performance. The geometrical parameter chosen for optimization is fin gap. The heat sink is under the condition of natural convection.
Veerasamarthswamy S. Bhandari +1 more
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