EXERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL-REACTIONS

Authors
SORIN M BONHIVERS JC PARIS J
Citation
M. Sorin et al., EXERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL-REACTIONS, Energy conversion and management, 39(16-18), 1998, pp. 1863-1868
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels",Mechanics,Thermodynamics,"Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Energy conversion and management → ACNP
ISSN journal
01968904
Volume
39
Issue
16-18
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1863 - 1868
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-8904(1998)39:16-18<1863:EEACOC>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
An exergy analysis of the ammonia oxidation in nitrous oxide has been performed using alternatively the conventional second law efficiency a nd the more recently proposed intrinsic exergy efficiency. It is shown that the second law efficiency does not account for the conversion ef fect on the overall performance of a chemical system while the intrins ic exergy efficiency does. It is also shown that the results apply to any single reaction system. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.