{"title":"Clarifying thermodynamic efficiencies and losses via exergy","authors":"Marc A. Rosen","doi":"10.1016/S1164-0235(01)00054-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The author explains his views that we need to clarify better what we mean by the terms <em>efficiency</em> and <em>loss</em>, and utilize exergy-based—rather than energy-based—measures of these quantities in order to ensure that the measures are meaningful and useful.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100518,"journal":{"name":"Exergy, An International Journal","volume":"2 1","pages":"Pages 3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1164-0235(01)00054-1","citationCount":"52","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Exergy, An International Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164023501000541","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The author explains his views that we need to clarify better what we mean by the terms efficiency and loss, and utilize exergy-based—rather than energy-based—measures of these quantities in order to ensure that the measures are meaningful and useful.