Thermodynamic Optimization of Complex Energy Systems [Hardcover]

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.Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, on Thermodynamics and the Optimization of Complex Energy Systems, Neptun, Romania, 13-24 July, 1998A 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.Preface. Acknowledgements. Presentation of the foundations of thermodynamics in about twelve one-hour lectures; E.P. Gyftopoulos. Pictorial visualization of the entropy of thermodynamics; E.P. Gyftopoulos. Thermodynamic optimization of inanimate and animate flow systems; A. Bejan. Constructyal flow geometry optimization; A. Bejan. Fundamentlc&