Abstract of "ENTROPY GENERATION MINIMIZATION: THE METHOD AND ITS APPLICATIONS"

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Bejan
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Entropy Generation Minimization

Entropy Generation Minimization in a Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriano Sciacovelli ◽  
Vittorio Verda
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Energy Equation ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Geometrical Parameters ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Cell Geometry ◽  
Cell Efficiency ◽  
Entropy Generation Minimization

The aim of the paper is to investigate possible design modifications in tubular solid oxide fuel cell geometry to increase its performance. The analysis of the cell performances is conducted on the basis of the entropy generation. The use of this technique makes it possible to identify the phenomena provoking the main irreversibilities, understand their causes and propose changes in the system design and operation. The different contributions to the entropy generation are analyzed in order to develop new geometries that increase the fuel cell efficiency. To achieve this purpose, a CFD model of the cell is used. The model includes energy equation, fluid dynamics in the channels and in porous media, current transfer, chemical reactions, and electrochemistry. The geometrical parameters of the fuel cell are modified to minimize the overall entropy generation.

Design of a Multifunctional Aircraft Skin With Energy Harvesting via Entropy Generation Minimization

Aerospace ◽  
2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ahlers ◽  
K. P. Hallinan ◽  
B. Sanders ◽  
R. McCarty
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Skin Layer ◽  
Skin Thickness ◽  
Power Devices ◽  
Volume Fractions ◽  
Entropy Generation Minimization ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Aircraft Skin

The Entropy Generation Minimization (EGM) approach is applied to the design of a new integrated radar aircraft skin, which both meets requisite aircraft structural needs and provides a pathway for the waste heat from structurally integrated power devices. Thermoelectric (TE) devices, sandwiched between a heterogeneous skin layer and the radar devices for the purpose of harvesting waste heat rejected to the ambient, are considered in the analysis. A heterogeneous skin layer is designed using the EGM approach, which is then applied to the overall mission of the aircraft to determine the optimal skin thickness and volume fractions of the matrix and inclusions in the composite skin.

A second law analysis and entropy generation minimization of an absorption chiller

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (14-15) ◽  
pp. 2405-2413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aung Myat ◽  
Kyaw Thu ◽  
Young-Deuk Kim ◽  
A. Chakraborty ◽  
Won Gee Chun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Second Law ◽  
Absorption Chiller ◽  
Entropy Generation Minimization ◽  
Second Law Analysis

Production optimization of hydrocarbon reservoirs by entropy generation minimization

2020 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 103538
Author(s):  
Murtada A. Elhaj ◽  
Syed A. Imtiaz ◽  
Greg F. Naterer ◽  
Sohrab Zendehboudi
Keyword(s):  
Entropy Generation ◽  
Hydrocarbon Reservoirs ◽  
Production Optimization ◽  
Entropy Generation Minimization
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