Efficiency Evaluation of Energy Systems

Preface.- Chapter 1. Efficiency, Environment and Sustainability.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Energy, Exergy, Environment, and Sustainable Development.- 1.3. Efficiency and Energy Management .- Chapter 2. The First and the Second Laws of Thermodynamics.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Energy Change and Energy Transfer.- 2.3. The First Law of Thermodynamics.- 2.4. The Second Law of Thermodynamics.- 2.5. Entropy.- 2.6. Exergy.- Chapter 3. Energy and Exergy Efficiencies.- 3.1. Energy and Exergy Efficiencies.- 3.2. Efficiencies of Cyclic Devices.- 3.3. Efficiencies of Steady Flow Devices.- Chapter 4. Energy Conversion Efficiencies.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Conversion Efficiencies of Common Devices.- 4.3. Efficiencies of Mechanical and Electrical Devices.- 4.4. Cryogenic Turbine Efficiencies.- Chapter 5. Efficiencies of Power Plants.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. Efficiencies of Vapor Power Cycles.- 5.3. Efficiencies of Gas Power Cycles.- 5.4. Efficiencies of Cogeneration Plants.- 5.5. Efficiencies of Geothermal Power Plants.- 5.6. Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of a Photovoltaic System.- 5.7. Concluding Remarks.- Chapter 6. Efficiencies of Refrigeration Systems.- 6.1. Refrigerators and Heat Pumps.- 6.2. Second.Law Analysis of Vapor.Compression Refrigeration Cycle .- 6.3. Energy and Exergy Efficiencies of Vapor.Compression Heat Pump Cycle .- 6.4. Absorption Refrigeration Cycle.- 6.5. Liquefaction of Gases.- 6.6. Efficiency Analysis of Psychrometric Processes.- Nomenclature.- References.