Exergy and entropy generation analysis of the open systems allows to obtain a measure of how far the open real systems deviate from equilibrium with their environment. A link between entropy generation maximum principle and the exergy analysis of engineering and natural systems is suggested in...

The choice of an assessment criterion for heat exchangers is crucial regarding the sustainability of processes and has troubled engineers for decades. In this paper it is shown that the basis for a physically meaningful assessment of every energy transfer (including conversions from one form of...

There is an acknowledged growing need for efficient and sustainable systems that use available energy resources in an “optimal” (including constraints) way. Such a goal cannot be effectively achieved without taking into account the limits posed by the second law of thermodynamics. A possible...