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Thermodynamics and the destruction of resources /

This book is a multidisciplinary application of rigorous thermodynamics fundamentals to address problems of sustainability, energy, and resource uses.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bakshi, Bhavik R., Gutowski, Timothy George Peter, Sekulić, Dušan P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Bhavik R. Bakshi, Timothy Gutowski, Dusan Sekulic
  • Part I. Foundations: 1. Thermodynamics: generalized available energy and availability or exergy / Elias Gyftopoulos
  • 2. Energy and exergy: does one need both concepts for a study of resources use / Dusan Sekulic
  • 3. Accounting for resource use via thermodynamics / Bhavik R. Bakshi, Anil Baral, Jorge L. Hau
  • Part II. Products & processes: 4. Material separation and recycling / Timothy Gutowski
  • 5. Entropy based metric for transformational technologies development / Dusan Sekulic
  • 6. Thermodynamic analysis of resources used in manufacturing processes / Timothy Gutowski, Dusan Sekulic
  • 7. Case studies in energy use to realize ultra-high purities in semiconductor manufacturing / Eric Williams, Nikhil Krishnan, Sarah Boyd
  • 8. Energy resources and use: the present (2008) situation, possible sustainable paths to the future and the thermodynamic perspective / Noam Lior
  • Part III. Life cycle assessments & metrics: 9. Using thermodynamics and statistics to improve the quality of life cycle inventory data / Bhavik R. Bakshi, Hangjoon Kim, Prem K. Goel
  • 10. Developing sustainable technology: metrics from thermodynamics / Geert Van der Vorst, Jo Dewulf, Herman Van Langenhove
  • 11. Entropy production and resource consumption in life cycle assessments / Stefan Gössling-Reisemann
  • 12. Exergy and material flow in industrial and ecological systems / Nandan Ukidwe, Bhavik R. Bakshi
  • 13. Materials flow analysis and input-output analysis: a synthesis / Shinichiro Nakamura
  • Part IV. Economic, Social Industrial, Eco Systems. 14. Early development of input-output analysis of energy and ecologic systems / Bruce Hannon
  • 15. Exergoeconomics and exergoenvironmental analysis / George Tsatsaronis
  • 16. Entopy, economics and policy / Matthias Ruth
  • 17. Integration and segregation in a population
  • a thermodynamicist's view / Mueller Ingo
  • 18. Exergy use in ecosystems analysis: background and challenges / Roberto Pastres, Brian D. Fath
  • 19. Thoughts on the application of thermodynamics to the development of sustainability science / Timothy Gutowski, Dusan Sekulic, Bhavik R. Bakshi.