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Efficiency and sustainability in the energy and chemical industries / Jakob de Swaan Arons, Hedzer van der Kooi, Krishnan Sankaranarayanan.
LIBRA TJ163.3 .A76 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swaan Arons, Jakob de.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy dissipation.
- Energy dissipation--Prevention.
- Electric power-plants--Efficiency.
- Electric power-plants.
- Chemical engineering.
- Physical Description:
- x, 299 : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Marcel Dekker ; London : Taylor & Francis, 2004.
- Contents:
- 2. Thermodynamics Revisited 7
- 3. Energy "Consumption" and Lost Work 23
- 4. Entropy Generation: Cause and Effect 33
- 5. Reduction of Lost Work 47
- II. Thermodynamic Analysis of Processes
- 6. Exergy, a Convenient Concept 59
- 7. Chemical Exergy 73
- 8. Simple Applications 83
- 9. Energy Conversion 97
- 10. Separations 123
- 11. Chemical Conversion 147
- 12. A Note on Life Cycle Analysis 167
- IV. Process Sustainability
- 13. Sustainable Development 175
- 14. Efficiency and Sustainability in the Chemical Process Industry 203
- 15. Solar Energy Conversion 215
- 16. Biomass Production and Conversion 231
- 17. Green Chemistry 247
- 18. Economics, Ecology, and Thermodynamics 257
- V. Future Trends.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0824708458
- OCLC:
- 53913137
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