Possible future scenarios for atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases: A simplified thermodynamic approach

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2344-2352

  Angulo Brown, F ^a   Sanchez Salas N ^a   Barranco Jimenez M A ^a   Rosales, M A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Endoreversible heat engines; Greenhouse gases; Thermoeconomic optimization

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSE GAS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ENDOREVERSIBLE HEAT ENGINES; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENGINE MODELS; HIGH POWER OUTPUT; INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION; LOW ENTROPY; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POWER OUT PUT; QUALITATIVE CRITERIA; THERMOECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION; TWO-REGIME;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECOLOGY; GAS ENGINES; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; OPTIMIZATION;

HEAT ENGINES;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENTROPY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67149119275     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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