Extended exergy analysis of the economy of Nova Scotia, Canada

David C. Bligh and V. Ismet Ugursal

Energy, 2012, vol. 44, issue 1, 878-890

Abstract: Human societies may be modelled as very large complex systems involving multiple flows of energy and materials between different sectors. Traditional exergy analysis methods are inadequate for the analysis of such systems because they do not take non-energetic flows into account. Extended exergy analysis (EEA) allows for the inclusion of exergetic equivalents of non-energetic quantities labour, capital and the costs of environmental remediation. In this work, EEA is conducted to characterize the extraction, conversion, and end use of energy and materials in the economy of Nova Scotia, Canada, in 2006.

Keywords: Extended energy analysis; Exergy analysis; Energy and exergy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.061

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