Thermodynamic Optimization of Complex Energy Systems /

A comprehensive assessment of the methodologies of thermodynamic optimization, exergy analysis and thermoeconomics, and their application to the design of efficient and environmentally sound energy systems. The chapters are organized in a sequence that begins with pure thermodynamics and progresses...

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Main Author: Bejan, Adrian
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mamut, Eden
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer, 1999.
Series:NATO science series. High technology ; 69.
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Summary:A comprehensive assessment of the methodologies of thermodynamic optimization, exergy analysis and thermoeconomics, and their application to the design of efficient and environmentally sound energy systems. The chapters are organized in a sequence that begins with pure thermodynamics and progresses towards the blending of thermodynamics with other disciplines, such as heat transfer and cost accounting. Three methods of analysis stand out: entropy generation minimization, exergy (or availability) analysis, and thermoeconomics. <br/> The book reviews current directions in a field that is both extremely important and intellectually alive. Additionally, new directions for research on thermodynamics and optimization are revealed.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (484 pages)
ISBN:9789401146852 (electronic bk.)
9401146853 (electronic bk.)