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Entropy Generation Minimization

Z.X. Gong
- 01 Jan 1996 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 6, pp 1495-1496
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This article is published in Drying Technology.The article was published on 1996-01-01. It has received 350 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Entropy maximization.

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Quantum Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Viewpoint

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Energy and exergy analysis of a ground-coupled heat pump system with two horizontal ground heat exchangers

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Sustainable energy systems: Role of optimization modeling techniques in power generation and supply—A review

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Heat and fluid flow in high-power LED packaging and applications

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Solar thermal collectors and applications

TL;DR: A survey of the various types of solar thermal collectors and applications is presented in this paper, where an analysis of the environmental problems related to the use of conventional sources of energy is presented and the benefits offered by renewable energy systems are outlined.
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Quantum Thermodynamics: A Dynamical Viewpoint

TL;DR: The emergence of the 0-law, I- law, II-law and III-law of thermodynamics from quantum considerations is presented and it is claimed that inconsistency is the result of faulty analysis, pointing to flaws in approximations.
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Energy and exergy analysis of a ground-coupled heat pump system with two horizontal ground heat exchangers

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the energy efficiency of ground-coupled heat pump (GCHP) system as a function of depth trenches for heating season, and the results showed that the system's energy efficiency increased when increasing the heat source (ground) temperature.
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Sustainable energy systems: Role of optimization modeling techniques in power generation and supply—A review

TL;DR: A review of the literature on power and supply sector developments and analyzes the role of modeling and optimization in this sector as well as the future prospective of optimization modeling as a tool for sustainable energy systems is presented in this paper.
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Optimization of thermal systems based on finite-time thermodynamics and thermoeconomics

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the irreversibilities originating from finite-time and finite-size constraints in real thermal system optimization and consider the energy transfer between the system and its surroundings in the rate form.