Exergy and cumulative exergy use analysis

Auteurs

S. Huysman, T. Schaubroeck, and J. Dewulf

Référence

in Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products, J. Dewulf, S. De Meester, and R. A. F. Alvarenga (Eds), John Wiley & Sons, pp. 141-154, 2015

Description

Exergy is a thermodynamic metric that represents the amount of useful energy one can obtain out of an object in a given reference environment. The exergy concept is used in several applications: from the analysis of industrial processes to the analyses of economic, sustainability, and ecosystem. In this chapter, the focus is on cumulative exergy consumption (CExC) methods used in sustainability assessment. Since these methods account consistently for the total resource intake, they are often used as a measure for environmental impacts, mainly of resource consumption.

Lien

doi: 10.1002/9781118933916.ch10