... Thermal Design and Optimization, Wiley, New York,1996.4. A. Bejan, Entropy Generation through Heat and Fluid Flow, Wiley, New York, 1982.5. A. Bejan, Entropy Generation Minimization, ... (volumetric)entropy generation rate, and AT1 and AP refer to the heat transfer and fluid flow irreversibilities,respectively.Fig. 42.5 The optimal size of a plate, cylinder and sphere ... flowwhere £", V, and S are the instantaneous energy, volume, and entropy of the system, and h° is shorthandfor the specific enthalpy plus the kinetic and potential energies...