performance and design parameters of these solar to thermal energy conversion systems. A detailed energy and exergy analysis is … carried out for evaluating the thermal and optical performance, exergy flows and losses as well as exergetic efficiency for a … conditions and the optimum values of the mass flow rate, the absorber plate area and the maximum exergy efficiency have been …

The depletion of non-renewable natural exergy resources (the thermo-ecological cost) has been accepted as the objective …

produce hot water and a reverse osmosis desalination unit to produce fresh water. Energy and exergy analyses and an …, component purchasing and environmental impact, and the system exergy efficiency. The total cost rate of the system is minimized … while the cycle exergy efficiency is maximized using an evolutionary algorithm. To provide insight, the Pareto frontier is …

the worth of each product. Any energy, including enthalpy or exergy, can be applied to the wonergy and be evaluated by … energy, including enthalpy and exergy, were applied for cost allocation. Enthalpy, exergy, and profit were applied for cost … optimization. Enthalpy and exergy were applied for cost analysis. Exergy is generally recognized as the most reasonable criterion …

In this paper, thermoeconomic optimization and exergy analysis are applied to a CO2/NH3 cascade refrigeration cycle … is the total annual cost of the system which includes costs of input exergy to the system and annualized capital cost of … the system. Input exergy to the system is the electricity consumption of compressors and fans, and the capital cost …