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 th

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Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Green Energy and Technology

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Wojciech Stanek Editor

Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

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Editor Wojciech Stanek Institute of Thermal Technology Gliwice Poland

ISSN 1865-3529 Green Energy and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-48648-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48649-9

ISSN 1865-3537

(electronic)

ISBN 978-3-319-48649-9

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Contents

1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wojciech Stanek

Part I

1

Fundamentals

2

Resources. Production. Depletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wojciech Stanek, Alicia Valero, Guiomar Calvo and Lucyna Czarnowska

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3

Fundamentals of Exergy Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wojciech Stanek, Jan Szargut and Sergio Usón

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4

“Input-Output” Approach to Energy Production Systems . . . . . . . . Andrzej Ziębik

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5

Cumulative Calculus and Life Cycle Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Wojciech Stanek, Lucyna Czarnowska and Paweł Gładysz

6

Thermodynamic Methods to Evaluate Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Wojciech Stanek, Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero, Javier Uche and Guiomar Calvo

7

Theory of Exergy Cost and Thermo-ecological Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Antonio Valero, Sergio Usón, César Torres and Wojciech Stanek

8

The Thermodynami