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.
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.
| ISBN: | 9780792357261 |
| Publication date: | 31st July 1999 |
| Author: | Adrian Bejan, Eden Mamut |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 465 pages |
| Series: | NATO Science Partnership Subseries: 3 |
| Genres: |
Electrical engineering Engineering thermodynamics Thermodynamics and heat Environmental management Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology Energy technology and engineering |