Front Cover; Exergy: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Chapter1 -- Thermodynamic Fundamentals; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 ENERGY; 1.3 ENTROPY; 1.4 EXERGY; 1.5 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; 1.6 CLOSING REMARKS; PROBLEMS; Chapter2 -- 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 ANALYSES2.11 ENERGY AND EXERGY PROPERTIES; 2.12 IMPLICATIONS OF RESULTS OF EXERGY ANALYSES; 2.13 CLOSING REMARKS; PROBLEMS; Chapter3 -- 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.

Chapter4 -- Exergy, Environment And Sustainable Development4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 EXERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; 4.3 EXERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; 4.4 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE; 4.5 CLOSING REMARKS; PROBLEMS; Chapter5 -- 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.

Chapter6 -- Exergy Analysis of Psychrometric Processes6.1 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 7Exergy Analysis of Heat Pump Systems; 7.1INTRODUCTION; 7.2SYSTEM DESCRIPTION; 7.3GENERAL ANALYSIS; 7.4SYSTEM EXERGY ANALYSIS; 7.5RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 7.6CONCLUDING REMARKS; PROBLEMS; Chapter8 -- 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 EFFICIENCY8.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS; PROBLEMS; Chapter9 -- 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; Chapter10 -- Exergy Analysis of Drying Processes and Systems.