PERFORMANCE-CHARACTERISTIC OF ISOTHERMAL CHEMICAL ENGINES

Authors
CHEN LG SUN FR WU C YU J
Citation
Lg. Chen et al., PERFORMANCE-CHARACTERISTIC OF ISOTHERMAL CHEMICAL ENGINES, Energy conversion and management, 38(18), 1997, pp. 1841-1846
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels",Mechanics,"Physics, Nuclear",Thermodynamics
Journal title
Energy conversion and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
01968904
Volume
38
Issue
18
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1841 - 1846
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-8904(1997)38:18<1841:POICE>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Chemical engines process mass flow to convert the differences in chemi cal potentials into work. An isothermal endoreversible chemical engine , in which the sole irreversibility is finite-rate mass transfer, is m odeled in this paper. The power versus efficiency relationships of the chemical engine, using the analogous method of finite-time thermodyna mics for a heat engine, are derived. The performance comparison betwee n a heat engine and a chemical heat engine is presented. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.