Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

ISBN-13: 9783319486482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 510 str.

Wojciech Stanek

Spis treści

Part A: Fundamentals and Theoretic Background 

1. Introduction - Wojciech Stanek

 

2. Resources. Production. Depletion - Wojciech Stanek, Alicia Valero, Lucyna Czarnowska

3. Fundamentals of exergy analysis - Jan Szargut, Wojciech Stanek, Sergio Uson

4.“Input-output” approach to energy production systems - Andrzej Ziębik, Paweł Gładysz

5. Cumulative calculus and life cycle evaluation -Wojciech Stanek, Lucyna Czarnowska, Paweł Gładysz

6. Thermodynamic methods to evaluate resources - Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero, Wojciech Stanek, Javier Uche

7. Theory of exergy cost and thermo-ecological cost - Antonio Valero, Sergio Uson, Wojciech Stanek

8. Externalities burdening production processes and systems - Lucyna Czarnowska

Part B - Applications

1. Application of Thermo-Ecological Cost (TEC) as sustainability measure for useful products -Wojciech Stanek, Jan Szargut, Lucyna Czarnowska 

2. Thermodynamic rarity applied to mineral resources - Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero

3. Application of Thermo-Economic Analysis (TEA) to industrial ecology - 

Sergio Uson, Wojciech Stanek

4. Assessment of water resources by exergetic cost - Javier Uche, Amaya M

artinez, Beatriz Carrasquer

5. Optimization of design and operational parameters toward minimization of natural resources depletion - Jan Szargut, Wojciech Stanek

6. Exergo-ecological assessment of multi-generation energy systems - Wojciech Stanek, Wiesław Gazda, Wojciech Kostowski

7. Thermo-ecological evaluation of advanced power technologies - Paweł Gładysz, Andrzej Ziębik

8. Cumulative green-house gasses (GHG) emissions as total measure of global warming potential -Ryszard Białecki, Wojciech Stanek

9. Thermo-ecological system analysis as a tool supporting national energy and environmental policy - Andrzej Ziębik, Wojciech Stanek, Paweł Gładysz

Blurb

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.