Ecological optimization of a family of n-Müser engines for an arbitrary value of the solar concentration factor

M.A. Ramírez-Moreno and F. Angulo-Brown

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2017, vol. 469, issue C, 250-255

Abstract: In a recent paper (Ramírez-Moreno, González-Hernández and Angulo-Brown, 2016) it was discussed the thermodynamic performance of a family of n-Müser engines under the so-called ecological optimization criterion for finite-time heat engines. In this reference it was shown that a 4-Müser engine accomplishes the best performance in comparison with any other n-Müser engine with n≠4. However, this result was obtained for Müser engines operating under the condition of C=Cmax; that is, maximum solar concentration factor. In the present paper we show that the result previously described is also valid for arbitrary values of the concentration factor C.

Keywords: Blackbody radiation; Heat transfer law; Solar concentration factor; Curzon–Ahlborn engine; Müser engine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.10.097

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