Sustainable product development based on second law of thermodynamics

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3248-3256

  Winkler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entropy transport; Exergetic efficiency; Real process; Reversible process; Second law; Sustainable Development

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; ENTROPY; PLANNING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY TRANSPORT; EXERGETIC EFFICIENCY; REAL PROCESS; REVERSIBLE PROCESS; SECOND LAW;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AUTOMOBILE; BENCHMARKING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DESIGN METHOD; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENERGY USE; ENGINEERING; ENTROPY; EXERGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955478082     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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