| CBC |
Closed Brayton cycle |
| ECHE |
Endoreversible Carnot heat engine |
| FTT |
Finite time thermodynamics |
| HEX |
Heat exchanger |
| HT |
Heat transfer |
| LTSH |
Low-temperature heat sink |
| POW |
Power output |
| TEF |
Thermal efficiency |
| WF |
Working fluid |
| FPDT |
Finite Physical Dimensions Thermodynamics |
|
Nomenclature
|
|
|
Area of radiation surface () |
|
|
Area of hot heat exchangers () |
|
|
Area of cold heat exchangers () |
|
|
Heat transfer coefficient of hot heat exchanger () |
|
|
Heat transfer coefficient of cold heat exchanger () |
|
|
Power output () |
|
|
heat flux rate of hot side () |
|
|
heat flux rate of cold side () |
|
|
heat flux rate of radiator panel () |
|
|
Temperature () |
|
Greek Letters
|
|
|
Emissivity of the radiator (-) |
|
|
Thermal efficiency (-) |
|
|
Fin efficiency (-) |
|
|
Boltzmann constant () |
|
Superscripts
|
|
|
Temperature of the high-temperature heat source |
|
|
Temperature of the high-temperature work fluid |
|
|
Temperature of the low-temperature heat sink |
|
|
Temperature of the low-temperature work fluid |
|
|
Maximum value |
|
|
Double maximum value |
|
|
Optimum |
| 0 |
Environment |
|
|
Cycle state points |