Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
7-16-2014
Publisher
MDPI
Source Publication
Entropy
Source ISSN
1099-4300
Abstract
The present paper is a review of several papers from the Proceedings of the Joint European Thermodynamics Conference, held in Brescia, Italy, 1–5 July 2013, namely papers introduced by their authors at Panel I of the conference. Panel I was devoted to applications of the Second Law of Thermodynamics to social issues—economics, ecology, sustainability, and energy policy. The concept called Available Energy which goes back to mid-nineteenth century work of Kelvin, Rankine, Maxwell and Gibbs, is relevant to all of the papers. Various names have been applied to the concept when interactions between the system of interest and an environment are involved. Today, the name exergy is generally accepted. The scope of the papers being reviewed is wide and they complement one another well.
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Recommended Citation
Gaggioli, Richard and Reini, Mauro, "Panel I: Connecting 2nd Law Analysis with Economics, Ecology and Energy Policy" (2014). Mechanical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 160.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/mechengin_fac/160
Comments
Published version. Entropy, Vol. 16, No. 7 (2014): 3903-3938. DOI. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 3.0).