Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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245288 | Applied Energy | 2007 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
A new cyclic model for the behaviour of a four-reservoir endoreversible chemical pump is proposed. The optimal relation between the coefficient of performance and the rate of energy pumping is derived by using finite-time thermodynamics or thermodynamic optimization. The optimal times of the four mass-transfer processes are also obtained. Moreover, the effects of the cyclic parameters on the coefficient of performance and the rate of energy pumping are studied by detailed numerical examples.
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Authors
Dan Xia, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu,