EFFECTS OF INTERCOOLING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN IRREVERSIBLE REGENERATIVE MODIFIED BRAYTON CYCLE

S.K. Tyagi, J. Chen, S.C. Kaushik, and C. Wu

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