Front Cover -- Exergy: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1 - Thermodynamic Fundamentals -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 ENERGY -- 1.3 ENTROPY -- 1.4 EXERGY -- 1.5 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES -- 1.6 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 2 - Exergy and Energy Analyses -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 WHY ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES? -- 2.3 NOMENCLATURE -- 2.4 BALANCES FOR MASS, ENERGY, AND ENTROPY -- 2.5 EXERGY OF SYSTEMS AND FLOWS -- 2.6 EXERGY CONSUMPTION -- 2.7 EXERGY BALANCE -- 2.8 REFERENCE ENVIRONMENT -- 2.9 EFFICIENCIES AND OTHER MEASURES OF MERIT -- 2.10 PROCEDURE FOR ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES -- 2.11 ENERGY AND EXERGY PROPERTIES -- 2.12 IMPLICATIONS OF RESULTS OF EXERGY ANALYSES -- 2.13 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 3 - Chemical Exergy -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 CHEMICAL EXERGY DEFINITION -- 3.3 CHEMICAL EXERGY FOR SOLID SPECIES -- 3.4 CHEMICAL EXERGY OF GAS MIXTURES -- 3.5 CHEMICAL EXERGY OF NONENVIRONMENTAL SUBSTANCES AND FUELS -- 3.6 EFFECT OF ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE AND ENVIRONMENT COMPOSITION ON CHEMICAL EXERGY -- 3.7 CASE STUDY: CCPP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL FIRING -- 3.8 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 4 - Exergy, Environment And Sustainable Development -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 EXERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS -- 4.3 EXERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 4.4 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE -- 4.5 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 5 - Applications of Exergy in Industry -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 QUESTIONS SURROUNDING INDUSTRY'S USE OF EXERGY -- 5.3 ADVANTAGES AND BENEFITS OF USING EXERGY -- 5.4 UNDERSTANDING ENERGY CONSERVATION THROUGH EXERGY -- 5.5 DISADVANTAGES AND DRAWBACKS OF USING EXERGY -- 5.6 POSSIBLE MEASURES TO INCREASE APPLICATIONS OF EXERGY IN INDUSTRY -- 5.7 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS.

Chapter 6 - Exergy Analysis of Psychrometric Processes -- 6.1 BASIC PSYCHROMETRIC CONCEPTS -- 6.2 BALANCE AND EFFICIENCY EQUATIONS FOR AIR-CONDITIONING PROCESSES -- 6.3 CASE STUDIES -- 6.4 OPERATION AND DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM -- 6.5 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 7 Exergy Analysis of Heat Pump Systems -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION -- 7.3 GENERAL ANALYSIS -- 7.4 SYSTEM EXERGY ANALYSIS -- 7.5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 7.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 8 - Exergy Analysis of Absorption Cooling Systems -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 ACSS -- 8.3 SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONS -- 8.4 ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES -- 8.5 PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY -- 8.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 9 - Exergy Analysis of Thermal Energy Storage Systems -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 PRINCIPAL THERMODYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN TES -- 9.3 EXERGY EVALUATION OF A CLOSED TES SYSTEM -- 9.4 RELATIONS BETWEEN TEMPERATURE AND EFFICIENCY FOR SENSIBLE TES -- 9.5 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF THERMALLY STRATIFIED STORAGES -- 9.6 ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES OF COLD TES SYSTEMS -- 9.7 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF AQUIFER TES SYSTEMS -- 9.8 EXAMPLES AND CASE STUDIES -- 9.9 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 10 - Exergy Analysis of Drying Processes and Systems -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 EXERGY LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH DRYING -- 10.3 ANALYSIS -- 10.4 IMPORTANCE OF MATCHING SUPPLY AND END-USE HEAT FOR DRYING -- 10.5 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE -- 10.6 ENERGY ANALYSIS OF FLUIDIZED BED DRYING OF MOIST PARTICLES -- 10.7 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED DRYING SYSTEM: INDUSTRIAL WOOD CHIPS DRYING -- 10.8 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 11 - Exergy Analysis of Renewable Energy Systems -- 11.1 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF SOLAR PV SYSTEMS -- 11.2 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF SOLAR PONDS -- 11.3 SOLAR EXERGY MAPS -- 11.4 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS.

11.5 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS -- 11.6 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 12 Exergy Analysis of Steam Power Plants -- 12.1 INTRODUCTION -- 12.2 ANALYSIS -- 12.3 SPREADSHEET CALCULATION APPROACHES -- 12.4 EXAMPLE: ANALYSIS OF A COAL STEAM POWER PLANT -- 12.5 EXAMPLE: IMPACT ON POWER PLANT EFFICIENCIES OF VARYING BOILER TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE -- 12.6 CASE STUDY: ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES OF COAL-FIRED AND NUCLEAR STEAM POWER PLANTS -- 12.7 IMPROVING STEAM POWER PLANT EFFICIENCY -- 12.8 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 13 - Exergy Analysis of Cogeneration and District Energy Systems -- 13.1 INTRODUCTION -- 13.2 COGENERATION -- 13.3 DISTRICT ENERGY -- 13.4 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS FOR COGENERATION AND DISTRICT ENERGY -- 13.5 SIMPLIFIED ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BENEFITS OF COGENERATION -- 13.6 CASE STUDY FOR COGENERATION-BASED DISTRICT ENERGY -- 13.7 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 14 - Exergy Analysis of Integrated Trigeneration and Multigeneration Systems -- 14.1 INTRODUCTION -- 14.2 TRIGENERATION -- 14.3 MULTIGENERATION -- 14.4 INTEGRATED MULTIGENERATION SYSTEMS -- 14.5 CASE STUDY: ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES OF A TRIGENERATION SYSTEM -- 14.6 CASE STUDY: ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES OF A MULTIGENERATION SYSTEM -- 14.7 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 15 - Exergy Analysis of Cryogenic and Liquefaction Systems -- 15.1 INTRODUCTION -- 15.2 ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES OF GAS LIQUEFACTION SYSTEMS -- 15.3 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF A MULTISTAGE CASCADE REFRIGERATION CYCLE FOR NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION -- 15.4 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF AN INTEGRATED HYDROGEN LIQUEFACTION USING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY -- 15.5 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 16 - Exergy Analysis of Crude Oil Distillation Systems -- 16.1 INTRODUCTION -- 16.2 ANALYSIS APPROACH AND ASSUMPTIONS -- 16.3 DESCRIPTION OF CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION SYSTEM ANALYZED -- 16.4 SYSTEM SIMULATION.

16.5 ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES -- 16.6 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 16.7 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 17 - Exergy Analysis of Hydrogen Production Systems -- 17.1 INTRODUCTION -- 17.2 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESSES -- 17.3 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM FOSSIL FUELS -- 17.4 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY -- 17.5 CASE STUDIES -- 17.6 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 18 - Exergy Analysis of Fuel Cell Systems -- 18.1 INTRODUCTION -- 18.2 BACKGROUND -- 18.3 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF A PEM FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEM -- 18.4 ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES OF COMBINED SOFC-GAS-TURBINE SYSTEMS -- 18.5 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED FUEL CELL SYSTEMS: MCFCS -- 18.6 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 19 - Exergy Analysis of Aircraft Flight Systems -- 19.1 INTRODUCTION -- 19.2 EXERGY ANALYSIS OF A TURBOJET -- 19.3 FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS -- 19.4 CUMULATIVE RATIONAL EFFICIENCY -- 19.5 CUMULATIVE EXERGY LOSS -- 19.6 CONTRIBUTION OF EXHAUST GAS EMISSION TO CUMULATIVE EXERGY LOSS -- 19.7 BREAKDOWN OF EXERGY OF EXHAUST GAS EMISSION -- 19.8 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 20 - Exergoeconomic Analysis of Thermal Systems -- 20.1 INTRODUCTION -- 20.2 ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF EXERGY -- 20.3 MODELING AND ANALYSIS -- 20.4 KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC BALANCES -- 20.5 EXAMPLE: COAL-FIRED ELECTRICITY GENERATION -- 20.6 CASE STUDY: ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES -- 20.7 EXERGOECONOMICS EXTENDED: EXERGY, COST, ENERGY, AND MASS ANALYSIS -- 20.8 SPECIFIC EXERGY COST ANALYSIS -- 20.9 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 21 - Exergy Analysis of Countries, Regions, and Economic Sectors -- 21.1 INTRODUCTION -- 21.2 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE -- 21.3 APPLYING EXERGY TO MACROSYSTEMS -- 21.4 CASE STUDY: ENERGY AND EXERGY UTILIZATION IN SAUDI ARABIA -- 21.5 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 22 - Exergetic Life Cycle Assessment.

22.1 INTRODUCTION -- 22.2 LCA -- 22.3 EXERGETIC LCA -- 22.4 CASE STUDY 1: EXLCA OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND FUEL CELL VEHICLES -- 22.5 CASE STUDY 2: EXLCA OF A NUCLEAR-BASED HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PROCESS -- 22.6 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 23 - Exergy and Industrial Ecology -- 23.1 INTRODUCTION -- 23.2 INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY -- 23.3 LINKAGE BETWEEN EXERGY AND INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY -- 23.4 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE -- 23.5 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 24 - Exergy and Multiobjective Optimization -- 24.1 INTRODUCTION -- 24.2 OPTIMIZATION FORMULATIONS -- 24.3 OPTIMIZATION METHODS -- 24.4 MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION -- 24.5 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE: AIR COMPRESSOR OPTIMIZATION -- 24.6 CASE STUDY: GT POWER GENERATION PLANT -- 24.7 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 25 - Exergy in Policy Development and Education -- 25.1 INTRODUCTION -- 25.2 EXERGY METHODS FOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN -- 25.3 THE ROLE AND PLACE FOR EXERGY IN ENERGY-RELATED EDUCATION AND AWARENESS POLICIES -- 25.4 THE ROLE AND PLACE FOR EXERGY IN EDUCATION POLICIES -- 25.5 CLOSING REMARKS -- PROBLEMS -- Chapter 26 - Closing Remarks and Future Expectations -- Appendix A - Glossary of Selected Terminology -- GENERAL THERMODYNAMIC TERMS -- EXERGY QUANTITIES -- EXERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY DEGRADATION, AND IRREVERSIBILITY -- ENVIRONMENT AND REFERENCE ENVIRONMENT -- EFFICIENCIES AND OTHER MEASURES -- ENERGY AND EXERGY METHODS -- ECONOMICS AND EXERGY -- Appendix B - Conversion Factors -- Appendix C - Thermophysical Properties -- Nomenclature -- Greek Letters -- Subscripts -- Subscripts -- Abbreviations -- References -- Index.