Exergy

Exergy
Author: Silvio de Oliveira Junior
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2012-11-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1447141652

Bridging the gap between concepts derived from Second Law of Thermodynamics and their application to Engineering practice, the property exergy and the exergy balance can be a tool for analyzing and improving the performance of energy conversion processes. With the exergy analysis it is possible to evaluate the performance of energy conversion processes not only on a thermodynamics basis but also by including production costs and environmental aspects and impacts of the studied processes. This comprehensive approach of the use of energy has, as one of the most important feature, the identification of sustainable ways of energy resources utilization. Based on the fundamentals of the exergy concept, its calculation, graphical representations and exergy balances evaluation, Exergy: Production Cost And Renewability describes the application of detailed exergy and thermoeconomic analysis to power plants and polygeneration systems, petroleum production and refining plants (including hydrogen production), chemical plants, biofuel production routes, combined production of ethanol and electricity, aircraft systems design, environmental impact mitigation processes and human body behavior. The presented case studies aim at providing students, researchers and engineers with guidelines to the utilization of the exergy and thermoeconomic analysis to model, simulate and optimize real processes and industrial plants.

Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles and Systems

Exergy Analysis and Design Optimization for Aerospace Vehicles and Systems
Author: José A. Camberos
Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781600868399

This book illustrates the editors' application of a scientific principle, the second law of thermodynamics, for aerospace engineering. It discusses how they applied this law to advance aerospace systems analysis and design optimization. It also discusses their research program which incorporates a systematic theoretical basis for constructing the proper formulas quantifying exergy balance, development of new computational capabilities for calculating exergy destruction, and exploration of novel approaches for system-level design. Topics include: identification of the upper limits on engineering system performance using the second law of thermodynamics; design methodology integration with tools developed in CFD and MDA/MDO; application of exergy methods to all levels of flight vehicle design; and, future directions, including constructal theory, quantum thermodynamics, and numerical methods in light of the second law

NASA SP.

NASA SP.
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 580
Release: 1991
Genre: Aeronautics
ISBN: