Book Description:
More than 170 years ago, Sadi Carnot, a French engineer, published his famous article “Reflections on the motive power of fire” and established a new field of science: classical thermodynamics. Since 1985, the scholars in the Naval University of Engineering (from 1949 to 1998) have been making the research work in the field of finite time thermodynamics. This multi-authored book deals with the recent advances of finite time thermodynamics in the Naval University of Engineering. It illustrates how the gap between thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics is bridged. It also illustrates how the gap between physics and engineering is bridged.
The readers should find the papers informative and useful for analysis and design of thermodynamic systems with improved performance. The authors hope that this collection of work devoted to finite thermodynamics will provide encouragement for further research in the field.

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Forward

Optimal Relation between Power Output and Entropy Generation Rate for an Endoreversible Carnot Cycle;pp. 1-10
(Jianping Zhou, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Faculty 306, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan,China and others)

Endoreversible Thermoeconomics for another Linear Heat Transfer Heat Engine System;pp. 11-19
(Jun Li, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu,Naval University pf Engineering, Wuhan,China)

The Optimal Configuration and Performance for a Generalized Carnot Cycle under the Condition of Mixed Heat Resistance;pp. 21-28
(Xiaoqin Zhu, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan,China and others)

The Ecological Optimization of a Generalized Irreversible Carnot Engine with another Linear Heat Transfer Law;pp. 29-39
(Xiaoqin Zhu, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Navak University Wuhan,China and others)

Frequency-Dependent Performance of an Endoreversible Carnot Engine with another Linear Heat Transfer Law;pp.41-50
(Xiaoqin Qin, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Finite Time Thermodynamics Performance for an Irreversible Dual Cycle;pp. 51-61
(Tong Zheng, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Performance of Combined Heat Pumps with Heat Leak;pp. 63-69 (Jun Luo, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Ecological Optimization of an Endoreversible Three-Heat Reservoir Refrigerator;pp. 71-78
(Yuehong Bi, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan,China)

Performance of a Four-Heat-Reservoir Absorption Refrigerator with Heat Resistance and Heat Leak in Case of Q á Ä(T-1;pp. 79-93
(Tong Zheng, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval university of Engineering,Wuhan,China and others)

The Cooling Load and COP Limits of Four-Heat-Reservoir Absorption Refrigeration Cycles;pp. 95-105 (Lingen Chen, Tong Zheng, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan,China and others)

Finite Time Thermoeconomic Performance of an Endoreversible Multi-Temperature-Level Absorption Refrigerator;pp. 107-117
(Xiaoyong Qin, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Heating Load versus COP Characteristics of Newton’s Law System Endoreversible Four-Heat-Reservoir Absorption Heat-Transformer;pp. 119-130
(Xiaoyong Qin, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering,Wuhan, China and others)

The Optimal Performance of a Four-heat-reservoir absorption heat Pump with Multi-Irreversibilities;pp. 131-144
(Xiaoyong Qin, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Power Density Optimization for an Endoreversible Closed Brayton Cycle with Variable-Temperature Heat Reservoir;pp. 145-161 (Lingen Chen, Junlin Zheng, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu)Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China)

Performance of a Variable-Temperature Heat Reservoir Endoreversible Closed Intercooled Regenerated Brayton Cycle;pp. 163-179
(Lingen Chen, Wenhua Wang, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Optimum Heat Conductance Distribution for Power Optimization of an Endoreversible Closed Intercooled Regenerated Brayton Cycle;181-191
(Wenhua Wang, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih Wu, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China and others)

Cooling Load Density Performance of an Irreversible Simple Air Refrigerator Coupled to Variable-Temperature Heat Reservoir;pp. 193-206
(Shengbing Zhou, Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun, Chih W, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, China, and others)

Thermodynamic Method for Correction of TDC in the Indicator Diagram of the Diesel Engines;pp. 207-214
(Hanbao Chang, Yusheng Zhang, Lingen Chen, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China and others)

Performance of Solar and Ground Sources for Solar-Ground Source Heat Pump in Tianjin, China;pp. 215-223
(Yuehong Bi, Lingen Chen, Chih Wu, Faculty of Air-Conditioner, Beijing Polytechnic University, China and others)

A Generalized Three-Level Jaynes-Cummings Model with a Time-Dependent Atom-Field Coupling;pp. 225-235, Naval University of Engineering,
Wuhan, China and others)

Index pp.237-240