| Application of the direct method to irreversible Stirling cycles with finite speed S Petrescu, M Costea, C Harman, T Florea International Journal of Energy Research 26 (7), 589-609, 2002 | 191 | 2002 |
| The effect of irreversibilities on solar Stirling engine cycle performance M Costea, S Petrescu, C Harman Energy conversion and management 40 (15-16), 1723-1731, 1999 | 158 | 1999 |
| A methodology of computation, design and optimization of solar Stirling power plant using hydrogen/oxygen fuel cells S Petrescu, C Petre, M Costea, O Malancioiu, N Boriaru, A Dobrovicescu, ... Energy 35 (2), 729-739, 2010 | 89 | 2010 |
| Optimization of the direct Carnot cycle M Feidt, M Costea, C Petre, S Petrescu Applied Thermal Engineering 27 (5-6), 829-839, 2007 | 77 | 2007 |
| Development of thermodynamics with finite speed and direct method S Petrescu, M Costea, V Petrescu, O Malancioiu, N Boriaru, C Stanciu, ... AGIR Bucharest 362, 2011 | 71 | 2011 |
| Minimizing the entropy production rate of an exothermic reactor with a constant heat-transfer coefficient: the ammonia reaction L Nummedal, S Kjelstrup, M Costea Industrial & engineering chemistry research 42 (5), 1044-1056, 2003 | 64 | 2003 |
| The effect of the overall heat transfer coefficient variation on the optimal distribution of the heat transfer surface conductance or area in a Stirling engine M Costea, M Feidt Energy conversion and management 39 (16-18), 1753-1761, 1998 | 63 | 1998 |
| Energy and exergy analysis and optimization of combined heat and power systems. Comparison of various systems M Feidt, M Costea Energies 5 (9), 3701-3722, 2012 | 37 | 2012 |
| Advanced energy conversion S Petrescu, C Harman, M Costea, T Florea, C Petre Lewisburg, Bucknell University, USA, 2006 | 37 | 2006 |
| A method for calculating the coefficient for the regenerative losses in Stirling machines S Petrescu, T Florea, C Harman, M Costea Proceedings of the 5th European Stirling Forum, 121-129, 2000 | 37 | 2000 |
| Progress in Carnot and Chambadal modeling of thermomechanical engine by considering entropy production and heat transfer entropy M Feidt, M Costea Entropy 21 (12), 1232, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Improvement of heat exchangers performance in view of the thermodynamic optimization of Stirling Machine; Unsteady-state heat transfer in porous media M Costea Romanian: Universite Politechica of Bucarest, 1997 | 32 | 1997 |
| Optimisation thermodynamique en temps fini du moteur de Stirling endo-et exo-irréversible G Popescu, V Radcenco, M Costea, M Feidt Revue générale de thermique 35 (418-419), 656-661, 1996 | 30 | 1996 |
| TED-AJ03-140 Thermodynamics with Finite Speed versus Thermodynamics in Finite Time in the Optimization of Carnot Cycle S Petrescu, C Harman, M Costea, M Feidt Proceedings of the... ASME/JSME Thermal Engineering Joint Conference 2003 (6 …, 2003 | 28 | 2003 |
| Optimization of the irreversible Carnot cycle engine for maximum efficiency and maximum power through use of finite speed thermodynamic analysis S Petrescu, M Feidt, C Harman, M Costea Proc. ECOS, 3-5, 2002 | 27 | 2002 |
| Optimal allocation of Heat Exchanger inventory associated with fixed power output or fixed heat transfer rate input M Feidt, K Le Saos, M Costea, S Petrescu International Journal of Thermodynamics 5 (1), 25-36, 2001 | 27 | 2001 |
| Termodinamica tehnică avansată A Bejan, M Costea, RG Dănescu, S Petrescu Editura Tehnică, 1996 | 27 | 1996 |
| A model for study and optimization of real‐operating refrigeration machines C Petre, M Feidt, M Costea, S Petrescu International Journal of Energy Research 33 (2), 173-179, 2009 | 26 | 2009 |
| A direct method for the optimization of irreversible cycles using a new expression for the first law of thermodynamics for processes with finite speed S Petrescu, G Stanescu, V Petrescu, M Costea Proceedings of the first international thermal energy congress ITEC-93 …, 1993 | 26 | 1993 |
| Irreversible Finite Speed Thermodynamics (FST) in Simple Closed Sistems. I. Fundamental Concepts S Petrescu, C Harman, M Costea, C Petre, C Dobre Revista Termotehnica 2, 8-18, 2009 | 25 | 2009 |
