%0 Journal Article %1 gielen2014challenges %A Gielen, R. %A Van Oevelen, T. %A Baelmans, M. %D 2014 %J International Journal of Energy Research %K 2014 EGM SLA design engineering exergy power-plant %R 10.1002/er.3183 %T Challenges associated with Second Law design in engineering %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.3183 %X In the past decades, the Second Law of thermodynamics has left a clear mark on theoretical and practical engineering. Manifestations like ‘exergy’ and ‘entropy generation minimization’ (EGM) have acquired scientific renown and are applied in different engineering disciplines. This paper assesses these Second Law manifestations in engineering design. A simple comprehensible power plant model is used throughout this work to illustrate the challenges associated with the Second Law. Opportunities and promises of both exergy and EGM are verified while pitfalls are addressed and tackled using a new component-based iterative design approach. It is found that this iterative design approach is promising but inherently case dependent.

@article{gielen2014challenges, abstract = {In the past decades, the Second Law of thermodynamics has left a clear mark on theoretical and practical engineering. Manifestations like ‘exergy’ and ‘entropy generation minimization’ (EGM) have acquired scientific renown and are applied in different engineering disciplines. This paper assesses these Second Law manifestations in engineering design. A simple comprehensible power plant model is used throughout this work to illustrate the challenges associated with the Second Law. Opportunities and promises of both exergy and EGM are verified while pitfalls are addressed and tackled using a new component-based iterative design approach. It is found that this iterative design approach is promising but inherently case dependent.}, added-at = {2014-03-15T10:33:44.000+0100}, author = {Gielen, R. and Van Oevelen, T. and Baelmans, M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/254d3739c803c3fd88f0e72f7d16fa86d/thorade}, description = {Challenges associated with Second Law design in engineering - Gielen - 2014 - International Journal of Energy Research - Wiley Online Library}, doi = {10.1002/er.3183}, interhash = {099d1b429d7382f0729852e31dbdd8dd}, intrahash = {54d3739c803c3fd88f0e72f7d16fa86d}, issn = {1099-114X}, journal = {International Journal of Energy Research}, keywords = {2014 EGM SLA design engineering exergy power-plant}, timestamp = {2014-03-15T10:33:44.000+0100}, title = {Challenges associated with Second Law design in engineering}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/er.3183}, year = 2014 }