Developments in Heat Transfer

Chapter 1 - Exergy balance and exergy losses; Definition of exergy and exergy losses; Exergy balance and exergy efficiency; Exergy and anergy; Typical irreversible phenomena; Anthropogenic and natural exergy losses; Exercises; Chapter 2 - Calculation of exergy; Types and components of exergy; Physical exergy; Chemical exergy; Enthalpy of devaluation; Chemical exergy of organic fuels; Chemical exergy of solutions; Exergy of thermal radiation; Nuclear exergy; Exergy losses in thermal plants; Exercises; Chapter 3 - Cumulative exergy consumption and partial exergy losses; Definition of the cumulative exergy consumption (CExC); The problem of CExC of the human work; A set of input-output equations; Cumulative exergy efficiency; Cumulative and partial exergy losses; Net coefficients of consumption; Sequence method for the evaluation of partial exergy losses; Exercises; Chapter 4 - Practical rules for improving thermodynamic imperfection; Exercises; Chapter 5 - Depletion of non-renewable natural resources; thermo-ecological cost; Definition of the thermo-ecological costs; Evaluation of the thermo-ecological cost of deleterious waste products; Balance equations; Influence of the interregional exchange; Calculation of the thermo-ecological cost; Sustainability index; Exercises; Chapter 6 - Economic applications of exergy; Exergo-economics; Optimization of the thermo-ecological cost; Optimization of the exergetic cost; Correction of the economic optimization; Influence of thermodynamic imperfection on the investment cost; Evaluation of the natural mineral capital and freshwater resources of the Earth; Exercise; Chapter 7 - Application of exergy for determining the pro-ecological tax; Necessity of a new tax; Structure of the pro-ecological tax; Pro-ecological tax resulting from the use of machines and installations; Burdening of imports and exports; Discussion; Exercises;