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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Optimal Heat Exchanger Area Distribution and Low-Temperature Heat Sink Temperature for Power Optimization of an Endoreversible Space Carnot Cycle.

Tan Wang, Yanlin Ge, Lingen Chen, Huijun Feng, Jiuyang Yu

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Tan WangInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.
Yanlin GeInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.
Lingen ChenInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9012-6736
Huijun FengInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.
Jiuyang YuInstitute of Thermal Science and Power Engineering, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2604-3503

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 51779262
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using finite-time thermodynamics, a model of an endoreversible Carnot cycle for a space power plant is established in this paper. The expressions of the cycle power output and thermal efficiency are derived. Using numerical calculations and taking the cycle power output as the optimization objective, the surface area distributions of three heat exchangers are optimized, and the maximum power output is obtained when the total heat transfer area of the three heat exchangers of the whole plant is fixed. Furthermore, the double-maximum power output is obtained by optimizing the temperature of a low-temperature heat sink. Finally, the influences of fixed plant parameters on the maximum power output performance are analyzed. The results show that there is an optimal temperature of the low-temperature heat sink and a couple of optimal area distributions that allow one to obtain the double-maximum power output. The results obtained have some guidelines for the design and optimization of actual space power plants.

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area distributionendoreversible Carnot cycle for spacefinite-time thermodynamicsheat sink temperatureperformance optimizationpower output

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PMID34682008
PMCPMC8534701

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