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Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

✍ Scribed by Wojciech Stanek (eds.)

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2017
Tongue
English
Leaves
511
Series
Green Energy and Technology
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

This book examines ways of assessing the rational management of nonrenewable resources. Integrating numerous methods, it systematically exposes the strengths of exergy analysis in resources management.
Divided into two parts, the first section provides the theoretical background to assessment methods, while the second section provides practical application examples. The topics covered in detail include the theory of exergy cost and thermo-ecological cost, cumulative calculus and life cycle evaluation.
This book serves as a valuable resource for researchers looking to investigate a range of advanced thermodynamic assessments of the influence of production processes on the depletion of nonrenewable resources.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vi
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
Resources. Production. Depletion....Pages 7-36
Fundamentals of Exergy Analysis....Pages 37-80
β€œInput-Output” Approach to Energy Production Systems....Pages 81-107
Cumulative Calculus and Life Cycle Evaluation....Pages 109-130
Thermodynamic Methods to Evaluate Resources....Pages 131-165
Theory of Exergy Cost and Thermo-ecological Cost....Pages 167-202
The Thermodynamic Rarity Concept for the Evaluation of Mineral Resources....Pages 203-232
Externalities Burdening Production Processes and Systems....Pages 233-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Computable Examples of the Application of β€œInput-Output” Models of Energy Production Systems....Pages 255-287
Application of Thermo-ecological Cost (TEC) as Sustainability Measure for Useful Products....Pages 289-336
Integrating the Thermo-ecological and Exergy Replacement Costs to Assess Mineral Processing....Pages 337-352
Application of Thermo-economic Analysis (TEA) to Industrial Ecology (IE)....Pages 353-370
Assessment of Water Resources by Exergy Cost....Pages 371-404
Exergo-ecological Assessment of Multi-generation Energy Systems....Pages 405-442
Thermo-ecological Evaluation of Advanced Coal-Fired Power Technologies....Pages 443-471
Cumulative Green-House Gasses (GHG) Emissions as Total Measure of Global Warming Potential....Pages 473-488
Thermo-ecological System Analysis as a Tool Supporting the Analysis of the National Energy and Environmental Policy....Pages 489-510

✦ Subjects

Energy Policy, Economics and Management;Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer;Conservation Biology/Ecology;Environmental Economics;Hydrology/Water Resources

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