aFaculty 306, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, PR China
bMechanical Engineering Department, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD 21402, USA
Abstract:
The thermoeconomics of endoreversible heat engines has been studied based on the linear phenomenological heat-transfer law i.e., the heat flux Q ∝ Δ(1/T), where T is the absolute temperature]. Analytical formulae for profit, the maximum profit and the corresponding efficiency are derived.