EXERGY METHOD OF THERMAL AND CHEMICAL PLANT ANALYSIS.

After a brief review of the historical development of the Second Law analysis, exergy and exergy related concepts are defined and discussed. The concept of irreversibility is then introduced and its calculation from either an exergy balance or the Guoy-Stodola relation is explained. The techniques and tools used in the Exergy Method including thermoeconomics are then outlined. In the second part of this paper a review of applications of the Exergy Method to cryogenic engineering, distillation processes, chemical processes and process synthesis is presented.