Exergy inefficiency: An indicator for sustainable development analysis

Energy Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2019, Pages 62-69

  Lucia, Umberto ^a   Grisolia, Giulia ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Entropy; Exergy; Irreversibility; Sustainability; Thermoeconomics

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY;

BIOECONOMICS; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS; IRREVERSIBILITY; IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL; THERMO-ECONOMICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 85058434455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2018.12.001     Document Type: Article

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