A review of evaluation, optimization and synthesis of energy systems: methodology and application to thermal power plants

L Wang, Z Yang, S Sharma, A Mian, TE Lin… - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
To reach optimal/better conceptual designs of energy systems, key design variables should
be optimized/adapted with system layouts, which may contribute significantly to system …

Thermodynamic limits on production or consumption of mechanical energy in practical and industrial systems

S Sieniutycz - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2003 - Elsevier
We define and analyze thermodynamic limits for various traditional and work-assisted
processes of sequential development with finite rates important in engineering and biology …

Beyond thermoeconomics? The concept of extended exergy accounting and its application to the analysis and design of thermal systems

E Sciubba - Exergy, an international journal, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel approach to the evaluation of energy conversion processes and
systems, based on an extended representation of their exergy flow diagram. This approach …

Advances in exergy analysis: a novel assessment of the Extended Exergy Accounting method

MV Rocco, E Colombo, E Sciubba - Applied Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective This paper presents a theoretical reassessment of the Extended Exergy
Accounting method (EEA in the following), a comprehensive exergy-based analytical …

Thermodynamic and thermoeconomic analyses of seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant with energy recovery

RS El-Emam, I Dincer - Energy, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the performance of a RO (reverse osmosis) desalination plant at
different seawater salinity values. An energy recovery Pelton turbine is integrated with the …

Structural theory as standard for thermoeconomics

B Erlach, L Serra, A Valero - Energy Conversion and Management, 1999 - Elsevier
In this paper the Structural Theory of Thermoeconomics is proposed as a standard and
common mathematical formulation for all thermoeconomic methodologies employing …

Fundamentals of exergy cost accounting and thermoeconomics. Part I: Theory

A Valero, L Serra, J Uche - 2006 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
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 …

Extended exergy accounting applied to energy recovery from waste: The concept of total recycling

E Sciubba - Energy, 2003 - Elsevier
A novel systematic approach to the evaluation of energy conversion processes and systems,
based on an extended representation of their exergy flow diagram is presented and …

Thermoeconomic operation optimization of a coal-fired power plant

J Xiong, H Zhao, C Zhang, C Zheng, PB Luh - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Exergy cost analysis of a coal fired power plant based on structural theory of thermoeconomics

C Zhang, Y Wang, C Zheng, X Lou - Energy Conversion and Management, 2006 - Elsevier
In this paper, a cost analysis method based on thermoeconomics is applied to a 300MW
pulverized coal fired power plant located in Yiyang (Hunan Province, China). This method …