Exergy: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development - Hardcover

Ibrahim Dincer

9780080970899: Exergy: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080970893 ISBN 13: 9780080970899

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2012

Exergy, Second Edition 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.

Offers comprehensive coverage of exergy and its applications, along with the most up-to-date information in the area with recent developments
Connects exergy with three essential areas in terms of energy, environment and sustainable development
Provides a number of illustrative examples, practical applications, and case studies
Written in an easy-to-follow style, starting from the basics to advanced systems

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Review:

Provides the theoretical underpinnings of exergy along with the tools for its analysis and optimization to minimize environmental impacts and provide guidelines for sustainable development.

From the Back Cover:

The second edition of Exergy: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development provides the theoretical underpinnings of exergy along with tools for its analysis and use in optimization and reduction of environmental impacts. The book also provides guidelines for sustainable development. As a research-oriented book, it includes practical features in a usable format often not included in other solely academic books. The theoretical and applied chapters make this the comprehensive go-to reference manual on the topic.

Key features:

Connects exergy with three essential areas: energy, environment, and sustainable development
One of the most comprehensive books on exergy, presenting the most up-to-date information in the area with recent developments
Provides numerous examples, practical applications, and case studies to put theory into practice
Written in an easy-to-follow style, starting from the basics and working to advanced systems, making it suitable as a textbook for exergy and related courses
Provides many study problems that foster critical thinking and skills development, with a wide range of applications, from basic to integrated

New to this edition:

New chapters on chemical exergy, absorption cooling, trigeneration and multigeneration, hydrogen production, novel methods of power generation, and multi-objective optimization
New sections on solar exergy maps, exergy analyses of novel HVAC and advanced drying systems, and other topics
Updated practical examples, problems, case studies, and references
Newly illustrated concepts on multigeneration applications and multi-objective optimization tools
New exergy-related models, parameters, indexes, and metrics
Enhanced emphasis on sustainable energy systems and system integration

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