Economics and Exergy : An Enhanced Approach to Energy Economics

Intro -- ECONOMICS AND EXERGY: AN ENHANCED APPROACH TO ENERGY ECONOMICS -- ECONOMICS AND EXERGY: AN ENHANCED APPROACH TO ENERGY ECONOMICS -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- NOTATION -- ROMAN LETTERS -- GREEK LETTERS -- SUBSCRIPTS -- SUPERSCRIPTS -- ACRONYMS -- GLOSSARY -- EXERGY-BASED ECONOMICS TERMINOLOGY -- ENERGY TERMINOLOGY -- EXERGY TERMINOLOGY -- PREFACE -- PART I: CONCEPTS, METHODS AND APPLICATIONS -- Chapter 1: MOTIVATION -- OVERVIEW -- 1.1. ENERGY ECONOMICS -- 1.2. WHY ANOTHER BOOK ON ENERGY ECONOMICS? -- 1.3. ECONOMICS, THERMODYNAMICS AND EXERGY -- 1.4. SCOPE AND FOCUS OF THE BOOK -- 1.5. OUTLINE OF THE BOOK -- 1.6. CLOSING REMARKS -- Chapter 2: AN INTRODUCTION TO EXERGY AND ECONOMICS -- OVERVIEW -- 2.1. EXERGY AND VALUE -- 2.2. ILLUSTRATION -- 2.3. EXTENDED ILLUSTRATION -- 2.4. METHODS THAT COMBINE EXERGY AND ECONOMICS -- 2.5. DESIGN AND INDUSTRY -- 2.6. WHAT IS STILL NEEDED? -- 2.7. CLOSING REMARKS -- Chapter 3: EXERGY -- OVERVIEW -- 3.1. THE PROBLEM WITH ENERGY ANALYSIS -- 3.2. WHY EXERGY ANALYSIS? -- 3.3. WHAT IS EXERGY? -- 3.4. EXERGY QUANTITIES -- 3.5. THE REFERENCE ENVIRONMENT -- 3.6. ENERGY AND EXERGY BALANCES -- 3.7. EXERGY EFFICIENCIES -- 3.8. PROCEDURE FOR ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSES -- 3.9. IMPLICATIONS OF EXERGY ANALYSES -- 3.10. RECOGNITION AND UTILIZATION OF EXERGY ANALYSIS -- 3.11. THE REBOUND EFFECT -- 3.12. CLOSING REMARKS -- Chapter 4: EXERGY AND ECONOMICS -- OVERVIEW -- 4.1. THE DUALITY OF EXERGY -- 4.2. INTERFACE OF EXERGY WITH ECONOMICS -- 4.3. COST BALANCE -- 4.4. COMPARISON OF ECONOMIC COST ANDTHER MODYNAMIC BALANCES -- 4.5. COST ALLOCATION -- 4.6. ILLUSTRATIONS OF COST BALANCES -- 4.7. EXTENDING THE LINKS BETWEEN EXERGY AND ECONOMICS TO ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS -- 4.8. EXERGY AND ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION -- 4.9. CLOSING REMARKS.