Thermo-ecology : exergy as a measure of sustainability /
Stanek, Wojciech,author.
Gładysz, Paweł,author.
Czarnowska, Lucyna,author.
Simla, Tomasz,author.
Thermo-ecology: Exergy as a Measure of Sustainability integrates thermo-ecology and exergy replacement cost as a new and original tool called thermo-ecology cost, or TEC. This tool allows for a more inclusive measurement of the impacts of using renewable and non-renewable resources by including the thermodynamics law in decision-making and presenting applications of this tool across industries and lifecycle assessments. It includes ways to investigate these effects more effectively by combining these critical aspects. This combination has emerged as a valuable decision-support tool for policymakers and the industry as they seek to evaluate the impacts of a product or process.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; Thermo-Ecology; Thermo-Ecology; Dedicated to the memory of Professor Jan Szargut (09.09.1923-21.11.2017); Contents; Biographies; 1 -- Introduction; References; 2 -- Thermo-ecological cost; Fundamentals of exergy analysis; Fundamental concept of thermo-ecological cost; Application of harmfulness coefficients to thermo-ecological cost; Thermo-ecological evaluation of waste products; Simplified thermo-ecological evaluation of waste products; Global thermo-ecological cost; Thermo-ecological cost of abatement installation; Example: thermo-ecological cost of CO2 removal
Lifetime application to thermo-ecological costLifetime in thermo-ecological cost methodology; Life cycle thermo-ecological cost evaluation; Import and export in thermo-ecological cost methodology; Thermo-ecological simplified evaluation of imported and exported products; Extended thermo-ecological evaluation of imported and exported products; By-products in thermo-ecological cost methodology; Human labour in environmental analysis; Human labour in extended exergy accounting; Human labour in thermo-ecological cost methodology; Fuel part and mineral part of the thermo-ecological cost
Fuel and mineral thermo-ecological cost: example [70]Developed and extended concept of thermo-ecological cost; Partial thermo-ecological cost; TEC-LC of mineral and metal extraction; TEC-LC of hard coal in selected countries; TEC-LC of hard coal in selected regions around the world; Characteristics of polish coal extraction; TEC-LC of hard coal extracted in Poland; Cumulative harmful potentials in the case of polish coal; TEC-LC of transport; TEC-LC of electricity; TEC-LC of electricity in selected regions; TEC-LC of electricity generated by wind turbine; References
3 -- Examples of application of TECThermo-ecological cost of hard coal with inclusion of the whole life cycle chain [1]; TEC of coal in the whole life cycle; Power plant; Heating plant based on house boiler; Combined heat-and-power plant; Results of calculations, discussion and conclusions; Thermo-ecological cost of electricity generated in renewable energy sources [8]; Thermo-ecological cost of non-renewable fuels; Thermo-ecological cost of renewable fuels; Characteristics of analyzed power plants; Biogas power plant; Characteristics of analyzed power plants; Photovoltaic power plant
Wind power plantCalculation of TEC compensation; Results of TEC calculations; Thermo-ecological evaluation of nuclear power plant within the whole life cycle [25]; Chemical and nuclear exergy of primary natural resources; Description of the full cycle of the considered light water reactor; Fuel enrichment (stage #3); Power plant (stage #6); Results of TEC calculations and discussion; Thermodynamic evaluation of biomass-to-biofuel production systems [36]; Production of selected biofuels; Fischer-Tropsch fuels; Methanol; Hydrogen; Synthetic natural gas
Thermo-ecology: Exergy as a Measure of Sustainability integrates thermo-ecology and exergy replacement cost as a new and original tool called thermo-ecology cost, or TEC. This tool allows for a more inclusive measurement of the impacts of using renewable and non-renewable resources by including the thermodynamics law in decision-making and presenting applications of this tool across industries and lifecycle assessments. It includes ways to investigate these effects more effectively by combining these critical aspects. This combination has emerged as a valuable decision-support tool for policymakers and the industry as they seek to evaluate the impacts of a product or process.
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Exergy.
Thermodynamics.
Sustainable development.