LAPSE:2025.0511
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Exergy Examples for the Chemical Engineering Classroom
June 27, 2025
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This work explores several examples of how the thermodynamic concept of exergy can be used in the chemical engineering classroom. Examples include using exergy to determine thermodynamic and monetary value of utilities, to identify better heat exchanger network designs, to aid in work-heat integration applications such as heat pumps and organic Rankine cycles, to scope out realistic energy integration cases, and to assess how well chemical potential is being used and managed. The examples are presented in one connected context that makes it easy to see how exergy analyses can be useful across many aspects of chemical and energy industry supply chains.
This work explores several examples of how the thermodynamic concept of exergy can be used in the chemical engineering classroom. Examples include using exergy to determine thermodynamic and monetary value of utilities, to identify better heat exchanger network designs, to aid in work-heat integration applications such as heat pumps and organic Rankine cycles, to scope out realistic energy integration cases, and to assess how well chemical potential is being used and managed. The examples are presented in one connected context that makes it easy to see how exergy analyses can be useful across many aspects of chemical and energy industry supply chains.
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Education, Energy Efficiency, Exergy, Process Design
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Adams TA II. Exergy Examples for the Chemical Engineering Classroom. Systems and Control Transactions 4:2234-2241 (2025) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.158988
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Adams TA II: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Trondheim, Norway
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Systems and Control Transactions
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2234
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2241
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2025
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2025-07-01
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PII: 2234-2241-1551-SCT-4-2025, Publication Type: Journal Article
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