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Exergy, Anergy, and Sustainability

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  • Hans E. Wettstein

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Exergy and Anergy are important terms for understanding sustainability in the context of energy consumption. Well established in the scientific world, these terms are nearly unknown in public perception. This is astonishing regarding the man-driven climate change and the related energy politics. Simply spoken, Exergy is the usable feature of any form of energy and Anergy is its not usable feature. In this sense Exergy is the necessary driving feature for all living species and for all economic activities of mankind. Our most important sustainable Exergy source is the sun radiation. This chapter explains the essence of Exergy and Anergy with its significance in a wide scope of applications like in daily routine, in education, in statistics as well as in science and technology development. A well-adapted understanding of these notations supports sustainable behavior within all education levels. A generalist reader of this chapter may omit reading the (later) subchapters addressed to thermodynamic specialists. However, the last chapter on statistics is addressed to generalists as well.

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  • Hans E. Wettstein, 2023. "Exergy, Anergy, and Sustainability," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Fausto Pedro García Márquez & Benjamin Lev (ed.), Sustainability, pages 393-426, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-3-031-16620-4_18
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16620-4_18
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    Sustainability; Exergy; Anergy;
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