Thermodynamic Optimization of Complex Energy Systems (NATO Science Partnership Sub-Series: 3:)

By Adrian Bejan

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792357264
• ISBN13: 9780792357261
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 465 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"