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Acknowledgments

I wish to express my appreciation to the American Society of Mechanical
Engineering (ASME) for permission to use my articles published in the
Journal of Energy Resources Technology Vol. 140, paper No. 032002,
Vol. 141, paper No. 014501, and the Proceedings of IMECE 2018,paper
No. 86510 in this book. I am deeply grateful to the staff at Elsevier, Maria
Convey (acquisition editor), Joanna Collett (editorial project manager),
and Selvaraj Raviraj (production project manager) for their assistance
and guidance throughout the preparation of this book.
Over the years, I have had useful and joyful discussions with a number
of people. I would like to thank, in particular, Professor Peter Salamon of
San Diego State University, Professor Bjarne Andresen from the University
of Copenhagen, Dr. Katherine Hornbostel of Pittsburgh University, and
Professor Brian Elmegaard of Technical University of Denmark. I am eter-
nally grateful to Professor Adrian Bejan whose pioneering work and
influential articles on the subject have been inspiring.
I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the research support of
Central Michigan University over the past two years.
Finally, I am indebted to my family for being patient and understanding
while I devoted time to preparation of this book.

Yousef Haseli

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