Application of Thermoeconomics to Industrial Ecology

Valero, Antonio; Usón, Sergio; Torres, César I.; Valero, Alicia

doi:10.3390/e12030591

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“…Thus, the authors used the method of linear regression twice: first to derive dependence An alternative approach to determination of endogenous and exogenous destruction of exergy based on the Valero and Lozano theory of exergy cost was considered in [10]. The theory of exergy cost [11] was developed for thermo-economic diagnostics of the energy-transforming system and revealing causes of additional resource consumption by the system due to inefficiency of any of its elements. The theory is based on general economic principles of representation of technical systems, such as resource, structure, efficiency and purpose.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Thermodynamic analysis of air-compression refrigerating machine based on the exergy cost theory

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“…If flow ik E refers to the "product" of the i-th element, then according to the rule of exergy cost [10,11] …”

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Thermodynamic analysis of air-compression refrigerating machine based on the exergy cost theory

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Tarasova

Kuznetsov

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EEJET

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“…According to the literature, thermoeconomic analysis (TA) can be defined as the joint application of exergy analysis as economic principles [32][33][34][35]. TA can be adopted to account for different types of Energies 2016, 9, 885 9 of 17 costs and to allocate such costs among multiple products according to a consistent thermodynamic basis.…”

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“…More details about the use of FPL criterion, the definition of cost balances, and the closure of the thermoeconomic problem through an appropriate definition of auxiliary relations are available in the literature [35,44].…”

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Exergy and Thermoeconomic Analyses of Central Receiver Concentrated Solar Plants Using Air as Heat Transfer Fluid

2016

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Abstract:The latest developments in solar technologies demonstrated that the solar central receiver configuration is the most promising application among concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. In CSPs solar-heated air can be used as the working fluid in a Brayton thermal cycle and as the heat transfer fluid for a Rankine thermal cycle as an alternative to more traditional working fluids thereby reducing maintenance operations and providing the power section with a higher degree of flexibility To supply thermal needs when the solar source is unavailable, an auxiliary burner is requested. This configuration is adopted in the Julich CSP (J-CSP) plant, operating in Germany and characterized by a nominal power of 1.5 MW, the heat transfer fluid (HTF) is air which is heated in the solar tower and used to produce steam for the bottoming Rankine cycle. In this paper, the J-CSP plant with thermal energy storage has been compared with a hybrid CSP plant (H-CSP) using air as the working fluid. Thermodynamic and economic performances of all the simulated plants have been evaluated by applying both exergy analysis and thermoeconomic analysis (TA) to determine the yearly average operation at nominal conditions. The exergy destructions and structure as well as the exergoeconomic costs of products have been derived for all the components of the plants. Based on the obtained results, the thermoeconomic design evaluation and optimization of the plants has been performed, allowing for improvement of the thermodynamic and economic efficiency of the systems as well as decreasing the exergy and exergoeconomic cost of their products.

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“…This either results in a significant amount of entropy generation from these high-quality sources at the low end, or a significant amount of 'waste' heat released into the atmosphere and open water by high-temperature emitters, even though that heat can certainly be considered as a 'competitive by-product' (Valero et al [16] referring to Nakamura and Kondo [17]). …”

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Energy Potential Mapping: Visualising Energy Characteristics for the Exergetic Optimisation of the Built Environment

Broersma

Fremouw

Dobbelsteen

2013

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It is difficult to fully satisfy the energy demand of today's society with renewables. Nevertheless, most of the energy we use is lost as non-functional waste energy, whereas a large part of the built environment's energy demand is only for low-quality energy, so the initial demand for primary, high-quality energy can be reduced by more effective usage, such as by low-exergy means. Gaining insight into the parameters of energy demands and local renewable and residual energy potentials enables matching energy demand with a fitting potential, not only concerning quantity but taking into account location, temporality and quality as well. The method of Energy Potential Mapping (EPM) aims to visualise the energy potentials and demands by making information of quantity, quality and location of demand and supply accessible. The aspect of quality specifically applies to heat and cold. The methodology of EPM will be described and explained with case studies. The focus specifically lies on mapping heat (and cold), one of the main reasons for energy demand in the built environment. The visualisation of exergy, to be simplified as the quality of energy, becomes an extra parameter in the case of Dutch Heat Maps. These maps can help finding opportunities of practical implementations of exchanging or cascading heat or cold. This way EPM and Heat Mapping (HM) enables application of exergy principles in the built environment. EPM and HM can be seen as a local energy catalogue and can be useful in spatial planning for energy-based urban and rural plans.

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Application of Thermoeconomics to Industrial Ecology

Abstract: Matrix and Vectors[FP] Input-Output matrix for productive processes (n × n)FP Matrix of exergy distribution ratios (n × n)

Cited by 52 publications

References 21 publications

Thermodynamic analysis of air-compression refrigerating machine based on the exergy cost theory

Thermodynamic analysis of air-compression refrigerating machine based on the exergy cost theory

Exergy and Thermoeconomic Analyses of Central Receiver Concentrated Solar Plants Using Air as Heat Transfer Fluid

Energy Potential Mapping: Visualising Energy Characteristics for the Exergetic Optimisation of the Built Environment

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