Entransy: A misleading concept for the analysis and optimization of thermal systems

Dusan P. Sekulic, Enrico Sciubba and Michael J. Moran

Energy, 2015, vol. 80, issue C, 251-253

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.

Keywords: Thermal system analysis; Thermal system optimization; Entransy; Entransy dissipation; Entropy generation; Exergy destruction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.11.067

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