This paper looks at the suitability of using exergy as an indicator for energy sustainability
studies, by reviewing the relevant literature and describing and assessing the different uses …

Direct steam generation in parabolic-trough collectors is considered a promising option for
reducing the cost of electricity produced in solar thermal power plants. Indeed, the use of …

Solar-thermal desalination technologies could provide a sustainable path toward achieving
high-volume (millions of gallons per day) desalted water in remote and inland regions. Yet …

Conventional exergy analysis cannot identify portion of inefficiencies which can be avoided.
Also this analysis does not have ability to calculate a portion of exergy destruction which has …

Solar direct steam generation is considered as a promising technology for steam production
in thermal power generation due to high temperature levels that can be achieved compared …

Exergoeconomic analysis helps designers to find ways to improve the performance of a
system in a cost effective way. Most of the conventional exergoeconomic optimisation …

Reverse electrodialysis in closed loop configurations is a promising membrane technology
in the energy conversion and storage fields. One of the main advantages of closed-loop …

These two papers resume the theoretical background supporting the main ideas of the
exergy cost accounting and the thermoeconomic approach followed by Valero and co …

It is known that aircraft gas turbine engines operate according to thermodynamic principles.
Exergy is considered a very useful tool for assessing machines working on the basis of …

Thermoeconomic models, which combine the concept of cost in the field of economics and
the concept of exergy in the field of thermodynamics, provide a possibility of optimizing …