Exergy: energy, environment, and sustainable development

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Titel: Exergy : energy, environment, and sustainable development

Enthält: FRONT COVER; EXERGY: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; COPYRIGHT PAGE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; CHAPTER 1. THERMODYNAMIC FUNDAMENTALS; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Energy; 1.2.1. Applications of energy; 1.2.2. Concept of energy; 1.2.3. Forms of energy; 1.2.4. The first law of thermodynamics; 1.2.5. Energy and the FLT; 1.2.6. Economic aspects of energy; 1.2.7. Energy audit methods; 1.2.8. Energy management; 1.3. Entropy; 1.3.1. Order and disorder and reversibility and irreversibility; 1.3.2. Characteristics of entropy
1.3.3. Significance of entropy1.3.4. Carnot's contribution; 1.3.5. The second law of thermodynamics; 1.3.6. SLT statements; 1.3.7. The Clausius inequality; 1.3.8. Useful relationships; 1.4. Exergy; 1.4.1. The quantity exergy; 1.4.2. Exergy analysis; 1.4.3. Characteristics of exergy; 1.4.4. The reference environment; 1.4.5. Exergy vs. energy; 1.4.6. Exergy efficiencies; 1.4.7. Solar exergy and the earth; 1.5. Illustrative examples; 1.5.1. Illustrative example 1; 1.5.2. Illustrative example 2; 1.5.3. Illustrative example 3; 1.5.4. Illustrative example 4; 1.6. Closing remarks; Problems
CHAPTER 2. EXERGY AND ENERGY ANALYSES2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Why energy and exergy analyses?; 2.3. Nomenclature; 2.4. Balances for mass, energy and entropy; 2.4.1. Conceptual balances; 2.4.2. Detailed balances; 2.5. Exergy of systems and flows; 2.5.1. Exergy of a closed system; 2.5.2. Exergy of flows; 2.6. Exergy consumption; 2.7. Exergy balance; 2.8. Reference environment; 2.8.1. Theoretical characteristics of the reference environment; 2.8.2. Models for the reference environment; 2.9. Efficiencies and other measures of merit; 2.10. Procedure for energy and exergy analyses
2.11. Energy and exergy properties2.12. Implications of results of exergy analyses; 2.13. Closing remarks; Problems; CHAPTER 3. EXERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Exergy and environmental problems; 3.2.1. Environmental concerns; 3.2.2. Potential solutions to environmental problems; 3.2.3. Energy and environmental impact; 3.2.4. Thermodynamics and the environment; 3.3. Exergy and sustainable development; 3.3.1. Sustainable development; 3.3.2. Sustainability and its need; 3.3.3. Dimensions of sustainability; 3.3.4. Environmental limits and geographic scope
3.3.5. Environmental, social and economic components of sustainability3.3.6. Industrial ecology and resource conservation; 3.3.7. Energy and sustainable development; 3.3.8. Energy and environmental sustainability; 3.3.9. Exergy and sustainability; 3.3.10. Exergetic aspects of sustainable processes; 3.3.11. Renewables and tools for sustainable development; 3.3.12. Exergy as a common sustainability quantifier for process factors; 3.4. Illustrative example; 3.4.1. Implications regarding exergy and energy; 3.4.2. Implications regarding exergy and the environment
3.4.3. Implications regarding exergy and sustainable development

Beteiligte: Dincer, Ibrahim [Verfasser:in]; Rosen, Marc [Verfasser:in]

Erschienen: Amsterdam; Boston: Elsevier, 2007
Online-Ausg.

Umfang: XVII, 454 S.; Ill., graph. Darst

Sprache: Englisch

ISBN: 9780080445298; 0080445292; 9780080531359; 0080531350

RVK-Notation: ZP 3000 : Allgemeine, zusammenfassende und übergreifende Darstellungen zur Energietechnik

Schlagwörter: Exergie

Art der Reproduktion: Online-Ausg.

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Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-439) and index

Beschreibung: This book deals with exergy and its applications to various energy systems and applications as a potential tool for design, analysis and optimization, and its role in minimizing and/or eliminating environmental impacts and providing sustainable development. In this regard, several key topics ranging from the basics of the thermodynamic concepts to advanced exergy analysis techniques in a wide range of applications are covered as outlined in the contents. - Comprehensive coverage of exergy and its applications - Connects exergy with three essential areas in terms of energy, environment and sustainable development - Presents the most up-to-date information in the area with recent developments - Provides a number of illustrative examples, practical applications, and case studies - Easy to follow style, starting from the basics to the advanced systems

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