Abstract
The purpose of this article is to assess the value of entransy for use in the thermal system engineering domain and in particular for design. The conclusion is that use of entransy is not recommended. This finding is in keeping with increasing uneasiness that has emerged recently in the technical literature about this concept. Throughout this article emphasis is on concise discussions of salient entransy aspects and the presentation is shaped to reach a broad technical audience. Accordingly, because secondary entransy aspects do not play a central role in reaching the above recommendation, they are considered only in passing or deferred.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 251-253 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Energy |
| Volume | 80 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords
- Entransy
- Entransy dissipation
- Entropy generation
- Exergy destruction
- Thermal system analysis
- Thermal system optimization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mechanical Engineering
- General Energy
- Pollution
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Building and Construction
- Fuel Technology
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Modeling and Simulation
