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In this study, different heat transfer laws are used: The Newton\u2019s law of cooling, the Stefan\u2013Boltzmann radiation law, the Dulong\u2013Petit\u2019s law and another phenomenological heat transfer law. For the thermoeconomic optimization of power plant models, a benefit function defined as the quotient of an objective function and the total economical costs is commonly employed. Usually, the total costs take into account two contributions: a cost related to the investment and another stemming from the fuel consumption. In this work, a new cost associated to the maintenance of the power plant is also considered. With these new total costs, it is shown that under the maximum ecological function regime the plant improves its economic and energetic performance in comparison with the other two regimes. The methodology used in this paper is within the context of finite-time thermodynamics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e19030118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,15]],"date-time":"2017-03-15T11:39:26Z","timestamp":1489577966000},"page":"118","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Thermoeconomic Optimization of an Irreversible Novikov Plant Model under Different Regimes of Performance"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Juan","family":"Pacheco-Paez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Escuela Superior de F\u00edsica y Matem\u00e1ticas del Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 07738, Mexico"}]},{"given":"Fernando","family":"Angulo-Brown","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Escuela Superior de F\u00edsica y Matem\u00e1ticas del Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 07738, Mexico"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Barranco-Jim\u00e9nez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Escuela Superior de C\u00f3mputo del Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional, Ciudad de M\u00e9xico 07738, Mexico"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,3,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"62","DOI":"10.1063\/1.2916405","article-title":"Thermodynamics in finite time","volume":"37","author":"Andresen","year":"1984","journal-title":"Phys. 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