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Thesis: EXERGY - AUSEFUL CONCEPT

Presentation of the thesis. (130k)
Bibliography on Exergy contains about 2034 publications most of which are direct references to the concept of exergy published by 1992. (358k)

This thesis is based on the work in the following papers:

I Wall, G., 1977, Exergy - a Useful Concept within Resource Accounting, report no. 77-42, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Göteborg. (176k)
II Wall, G., 1981 revised 1986, Exergy Conversion in the Swedish Society, report no. 80-1, Physical Resource Theory Group, Göteborg. (Published in Resources and Energy, vol. 9, pp. 55-73, 1987.) (72k)
III Wall, G., 1983 revised 1986, Exergy Flows in Industrial Processes, report no. 83-11, Physical Resource Theory Group, Göteborg. (Presented at "the Fourth International Symposium on Second Law Analysis of Thermal Systems", Rome, 25-29 May, 1987, I00236, pp. 131-140, ASME and published in Energy, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 197-208, 1988) (156k)
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IVa Wall, G., 1985, Thermoeconomic Optimization of a Heat Pump System, report no. 85-5, Physical Resource Theory Group, Göteborg. (Published in Energy, vol.11, no. 10, pp. 957-967, 1986, presented at "the Fourth International Symposium on Second Law Analysis of Thermal Systems", Rome, 25-29 May, 1987, I00236, pp. 89-95, ASME, presented at "the 1988 IIR Meeting", 18-21 July, 1988, Purdue University, West Lafayette, U.S.A., David R. Tree and Douglas C. Hittle Eds., Progress in the Design and Construction of Refrigeration Systems, pp. 91-97, Purdue Univ. and published in International Journal of Refrigeration, vol. 14, pp. 336-340, 1991.) (72k)
IVb Wall, G., 1985, Thermoeconomic Optimization of a Heat Pump System - Computer Programs, report no. 85-5, Physical Resource Theory Group, Göteborg. (65k)

Scientific papers:

2008 G. Wall, “On Education towards Sustainable Development”, Dept. Education, GU, http://www.exergy.se/ftp/oetsd.pdf.
2006 G. Wall, "Engineering Sustainability", inaugural presentation, 8th Liège Conference, Belgium 2006, http://www.fz-juelich.de/iwv/iwv2/liege/, Materials for Advanced Power Engineering 2006, 18-22 September 2006, Liège, Belgium, publ. J. Lecomte-Beckers et al Eds., ISBN 3-89336-436-6, pp. 5-24, http://www.exergy.se/ftp/es.pdf
2005 G. Wall, "Exergy Capital and Sustainable Development", keynote presentation, IEEES2, Proceedings of the Second International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, 3-7 July 2005, Kos, Greece, Paper No. XII-149, http://www.ieees.org/ (http://www.exergy.se/ftp/ecasd.pdf)
2003 G. Wall, "National Exergy Accounting of Natural Resources", Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, http://www.eolss.net.(Download pdf file) (1952k)
2002 G. Wall, "Conditions and Tools in the Design of Energy Conversion and Management Systems of a Sustainable Society" Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 43, No. 9-12, pp. 1235-1248. (Download pdf file) (646k)
2002 G. Wall, "Introduction to Life Support Systems and Sustainable Development" pres. The 5th Inter. COPERNICUS Conf., 12-14 June, 2002 Göteborg, Sweden, http://www.mls.miljo.gu.se/copernicus/Presented_Papers.htm. (Download pdf file) (1100k)
2002, G. Wall, "Can the Greening of Industry be Profitable?" For presentation at GIN 2002, Göteborg. (Download pdf file) (1100k)
2001 G. Wall, "The Use of Natural Resources in Society" in EOLSS Our Fragile World, Ed. M.K. Tolba, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, ISBN 0-9534944-7-0, pp. 209-230, http://www.eolss.net. (Download pdf file) (476k)
2001 G. Wall, "Life Support Systems and Sustainable Development" in EOLSS Our Fragile World, Ed. M.K. Tolba, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, ISBN 0-9534944-7-0, http://www.eolss.net. (Download pdf file) (464k)
2001 G. Wall, "Exergetics" in EOLSS Our Fragile World, Ed. M.K. Tolba, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, ISBN 0-9534944-7-0, http://www.eolss.net. (Download pdf file) (412k)
2001 G. Wall, "Exergetics" in EOLSS Our Fragile World, Ed. M.K. Tolba, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, ISBN 0-9534944-7-0, http://www.eolss.net. (412k)
2001 M. Gong & G. Wall, "On Exergy and Sustainable Development, Part II: Methods, Applications and Suggestions" Exergy An International Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, http://www.exergyonline.com. (368k)
2001 G. Wall & M. Gong, "On Exergy and Sustainable Development, Part I: Conditions and Concepts" Exergy An International Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, http://www.exergyonline.com. (Download pdf file) (632k)
2000 G. Wall & M. Gong, "On Exergetics, Economics and Desalination", Encyclopedia of Desalination and Water Resources (DESWARE), EOLSS Publishers, Oxford, ISBN 09534 9442 X. (Download pdf file) (4605k)
1997 G. Wall, "Energy, Society and Morals", Journal of Human Values, vol. 3, no. 2, Sage Publications New Delhi/Thousand Oaks/London, pp. 193-206. (88k)
1997 G. Wall, "Exergy Use in the Swedish Society 1994", presented at the International Conference on Thermodynamic Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems, TAIES'97, June 10-13, 1997, Beijing, China, publ. Ruixian Cai, et al. Eds., Thermodynamic Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems, pp. 403-413, Beijing World, ISBN 7-5062-3264-Z. (132k)
1997 M. Gong & G. Wall, "On Exergetics, Economics and Optimization of Technical Processes to Meet Environmental Conditions", presented at TAIES'97, June 10-13, 1997, Beijing, China, publ. Ruixian Cai, et al. Eds., Thermodynamic Analysis and Improvement of Energy Systems, pp. 453-460, Beijing World, ISBN 7-5062-3264-Z. (77k)
1995 G. Wall, "Exergy and Morals", position paper at "Second-Law Analysis of Energy Systems: Towards the 21st Century", July 5-7, 1995, Rome, Italy, publ. E. Sciubba & M. J. Moran, Eds. pp. 21-29. (46k)
1991 G. Wall, "Optimization of Refrigeration Machinery", International Journal of Refrigeration , Vol. 14, pp. 336-340. (52k)
1990 G. Wall, "Exergy Conversion in the Japanese Society", ENERGY , Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 435-444. (59k)
1989 G. Wall, C-C Chuang & M. Ishida, "Exergy Study of the Kalina Cycle", presented at "1989 ASME Winter Annual Meeting", 10-15 Dec., 1989, San Francisco, California, R. A. Bajura, M. R. von Spakovsky & E. S. Geskin Eds., Analysis and Design of Energy Systems: Analysis of Industrial Processes , AES-Vol. 10-3, pp. 73-77, ASME. (39k)

Textbook:

2009 G. Wall, Exergetics, a first draft of a textbook on exergy, updated in 2009. Comments and corrections are strongly appreciated. (726k)

Reports and a compendium in Swedish:

1997 G. Wall, Naturliga Fysiska Resurser - kompendium om Livskraftiga energisystem, 68 p., ofullständigt. (187k)
1993 G. Wall, Exergi, Ekologi och Demokrati - Villkor för ett Livskraftigt Samhälle, 26 p. (330k)
1993 G. Wall & M. Östlund, Exergi- och energiomsättningen i Göteborgs kommun 1991, 40 p. (143k)
1992 G. Wall, Exergi och helhetsyn - en tillämpning på Göteborg, 150 p., Göteborgs Stadsbyggnadskontor and Göteborg Energi AB. (594k)
1992 G. Wall, Exergi, helhetsyn och intelligens - en tillämpning på Västerås, 178 p., report 716-005 STEV & Opuscula No. 6, ISSN 1102-0385, MDH. (858k)

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