Reply to "Comment on 'A general property of endoreversible thermal engines' " [J. Appl. Phys. 89, 1518 (2001)]

Authors
Angulo-Brown, F Arias-Hernandez, LA
Citation
F. Angulo-brown et La. Arias-hernandez, Reply to "Comment on 'A general property of endoreversible thermal engines' " [J. Appl. Phys. 89, 1518 (2001)], J APPL PHYS, 89(2), 2001, pp. 1520-1521
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00218979 → ACNP
Volume
89
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1520 - 1521
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8979(20010115)89:2<1520:RT"O'G>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In this reply to a comment by Yan on our previous article [J. Appl. Phys. 8 1, 2973 (1997)], we show that the compromise function C(epsilon) between hi gh power output and low entropy production for CAN engines, proposed in tha t article to find the best ecological function, is not tautological. Moreov er, this procedure is useful to construct the best ecological function for any heat transfer law used in endoreversible thermal engine models. (C) 200 1 American Institute of Physics.