Energy and the Environment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Exergy Analysis, Costing, and Assessment of Environmental Impact

   • M. J. Moran

   Pages 1-10

3. The Method of Entropy Generation Minimization

   • A. Bejan

   Pages 11-22

4. Advanced Enhancement for Heat Exchangers

   • A. E. Bergles

   Pages 23-35

5. Optimization of Finned Arrays

   • A. D. Kraus

   Pages 37-48

6. Opportunities for Heat Exchanger Applications in Environmental Systems

   • R. K. Shah, B. Thonon, D. M. Benforado

   Pages 49-64

7. Inverse Design of Energy and Environmental Systems

   • F. França, C. Lan, J. R. Howell

   Pages 65-74

8. Advances in Modeling Radiative Transport in High Temperature Gases

   • B. W. Webb

   Pages 75-87

9. Heat Transfer in Porous Radiant Burners

   • T. W. Tong, A. Tarafdar

   Pages 89-100

10. Radiation Heat Transfer in Materials Processing and Manufacturing

    • R. Viskanta

    Pages 101-112

11. The Production of Improved Plastic Materials by Chaotic Mixing of Polymer Melts Recovered from Environmental Waste

    • D. A. Zumbrunnen

    Pages 113-124

12. Perspectives and Directions of the Electric Power Industry in the Next Millennium

    • D. Weiner

    Pages 125-133

13. The Impact of Energy Storage Technologies on the Environment

    • P. Vadász

    Pages 135-147

14. Potential Impact of Pumped Energy Storage on the Lower Reservoir Aquatic Ecology

    • S. Olek

    Pages 149-162

15. Development of Industrial Cooling Systems and Their Impact on the Environment

    • D. G. Kröger

    Pages 163-174

16. Advances in the Measurement of Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient in Gas Turbine Applications

    • G. D. J. Smith, G. C. Snedden, R. D. Stieger

    Pages 175-184

17. Thermally Affected Flows in Power Plants

    • J. H. Kim, K.-W. You

    Pages 185-198

18. Advances in the Technology of Liquid Synfuel Production from Coal

    • A. C. Vosloo

    Pages 199-208

19. Some Geophysical Problems Involving Convection in Porous Media with Application to Energy and the Environment

    • D. A. Nield

    Pages 209-216

20. Convection of Hazardous Substances Through Rock Fractures and Faults

    • J. L. Lage

    Pages 217-228

This book describes the state of the art at the interface between energy and environmental research. The contributing authors are some of the world leaders in research and education on energy and environmental topics. The coverage is worth noting for its breadth and depth. The book begins with the latest trends in applied thermodynamics: the methods of exergy analysis, entropy generation minimization and thermoeconomics. It continues with the most modern developments in energy processing and conservation techniques: heat transfer augmentation devices, inverse thermal design, combustion and heat exchangers for environmental systems. The environmental impact of energy systems is documented in a diversity of applications such as the flow of hazardous waste through cracks and porous media, thermally induced flows through coastal waters near power plants, and lake ecology in the vicinity of pumped storage systems. The book outlines new research directions such as the manufacturing of novel materials from solid waste, advances in radiative transport, the measurement of convective heat transfer in gas turbines and environmentally acceptable refrigerants.
The book is rich in engineering design data that make a concrete statement on topics of world wide interest, e.g., toxic emissions, the depletion of energy resources, global environmental change (global warming), and future trends in the power generation industries.
Written by leaders in research and education, this book is an excellent text or supplement for undergraduate and graduate courses on energy engineering and environmental science.

• Global warming
• development
• entropy
• environmental change
• production
• temperature
• thermodynamics
• climate change

• Duke University, Durham, USA

  Adrian Bejan

• University of Durban-Westville, South Africa

  Peter Vadász

• University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

  Detlev G. Kröger

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