TY - JOUR
TI - Optimal temperatures and maximum power output of a complex system with linear phenomenological heat transfer law
AU - Chen Lingen
AU - Li Jun
AU - Sun Fengrui
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2009
VL - 13
IS - 4
SP - 33
EP - 40
PT - Article
AB - A complex system including several heat reservoirs, finite thermal capacity subsystems with different temperatures and a transformer (heat engine or refrigerator) with linear phenomenological heat transfer law [q ∞ Δ(T -1)] is studied by using finite time thermodynamics. The optimal temperatures of the subsystems and the transformer and the maximum power output (or the minimum power needed) of the system are obtained.