{"product_id":"thermodynamics-and-the-destruction-of-resources-paperback-9781107684140","title":"Thermodynamics and the Destruction of Resources (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107684140","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThermodynamics and the Destruction of Resources\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is a multidisciplinary application of rigorous thermodynamics fundamentals to address problems of sustainability, energy, and resource uses.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBhavik R. Bakshi (Edited by), Timothy G. Gutowski (Edited by), Dušan P. Sekuli? (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107684140, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e524 pages, 120 b\/w illus.  59 tables\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.9 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book is a good choice for professors to use as part of an effort to teach thermodynamic concepts..Recommended.\" - CHOICE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a unique, multidisciplinary effort to apply rigorous thermodynamics fundamentals, a disciplined scholarly approach, to problems of sustainability, energy, and resource uses. Applying thermodynamic thinking to problems of sustainable behavior is a significant advantage in bringing order to ill-defined questions with a great variety of proposed solutions, some of which are more destructive than the original problem. The articles are pitched at a level accessible to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in courses on sustainability, sustainable engineering, industrial ecology, sustainable manufacturing, and green engineering. The timeliness of the topic, and the urgent need for solutions make this book attractive to general readers and specialist researchers as well. Top international figures from many disciplines, including engineers, ecologists, economists, physicists, chemists, policy experts and industrial ecologists among others make up the impressive list of contributors.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Bhavik R. Bakshi, Timothy Gutowski and Dusan Sekulic\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Foundations: 1. Thermodynamics: generalized available energy and availability or exergy Elias Gyftopoulos\u003cbr\u003e 2. Energy and exergy: does one need both concepts for a study of resources use Dusan Sekulic\u003cbr\u003e 3. Accounting for resource use via thermodynamics Bhavik R. Bakshi, Anil Baral and Jorge L. Hau\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Products and Processes: 4. Material separation and recycling Timothy Gutowski\u003cbr\u003e 5. Entropy based metric for transformational technologies development Dusan Sekulic\u003cbr\u003e 6. Thermodynamic analysis of resources used in manufacturing processes Timothy Gutowski and Dusan Sekulic\u003cbr\u003e 7. Case studies in energy use to realize ultra-high purities in semiconductor manufacturing Eric Williams, Nikhil Krishnan and Sarah Boyd\u003cbr\u003e 8. Energy resources and use: the present (2008) situation, possible sustainable paths to the future and the thermodynamic perspective Noam Lior\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Life Cycle Assessments and Metrics: 9. Using thermodynamics and statistics to improve the quality of life cycle inventory data Bhavik R. Bakshi, Hangjoon Kim and Prem K. Goel\u003cbr\u003e 10. Developing sustainable technology: metrics from thermodynamics Geert Van der Vorst, Jo Dewulf and Herman Van Langenhove\u003cbr\u003e 11. Entropy production and resource consumption in life cycle assessments Stefan Gößling-Reisemann\u003cbr\u003e 12. Exergy and material flow in industrial and ecological systems Nandan Ukidwe and Bhavik R. Bakshi\u003cbr\u003e 13. Materials flow analysis and input-output analysis: a synthesis Shinichiro Nakamura\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Economic, Social Industrial, Eco Systems: 14. Early development of input-output analysis of energy and ecologic systems Bruce Hannon\u003cbr\u003e 15. Exergoeconomics and exergoenvironmental analysis George Tsatsaronis\u003cbr\u003e 16. Entopy, economics and policy Matthias Ruth\u003cbr\u003e 17. Integration and segregation in a population - a thermodynamicist's view Mueller Ingo\u003cbr\u003e 18. Exergy use in ecosystems analysis: background and challenges Roberto Pastres and Brian D. Fath\u003cbr\u003e 19. Thoughts on the application of thermodynamics to the development of sustainability science Timothy Gutowski, Dusan Sekulic and Bhavik R. 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