Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

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.

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Summary

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Wojciec Stanek (Editor), Wojciech Stanek (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2017
• EAN: 9783319486482
• ISBN: 978-3-31-948648-2
• No. of pages: 510
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 31 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 938 g
• Illustrations: VI, 510 p. 196 illus.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology; Green Energy and Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; B, Water, ENERGY, Ecology, Environmental Economics, Conservation Biology, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Conservation of the environment, Thermodynamics, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Energy Policy, Hydrology, Hydrology & the hydrosphere, Hydrology/Water Resources, Energy industries & utilities, Engineering thermodynamics, Heat engineering, Heat transfer, Mass transfer, Energy and state