Thermodynamics for Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Part A: Fundamentals and Theoretic Background

1. Introduction - Wojciech Stanek 2. Resources. Production. Depletion - Wojciech Stanek, Alicia Valero, Lucyna Czarnowska
3. Fundamentals of exergy analysis - Jan Szargut, Wojciech Stanek, Sergio Uson
4."Input-output" approach to energy production systems - Andrzej Ziebik, Pawel Gladysz
5. Cumulative calculus and life cycle evaluation -Wojciech Stanek, Lucyna Czarnowska, Pawel Gladysz
6. Thermodynamic methods to evaluate resources - Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero, Wojciech Stanek, Javier Uche
7. Theory of exergy cost and thermo-ecological cost - Antonio Valero, Sergio Uson, Wojciech Stanek
8. Externalities burdening production processes and systems - Lucyna Czarnowska
Part B - Applications 1. Application of Thermo-Ecological Cost (TEC) as sustainability measure for useful products -Wojciech Stanek, Jan Szargut, Lucyna Czarnowska
2. Thermodynamic rarity applied to mineral resources - Alicia Valero, Antonio Valero
3. Application of Thermo-Economic Analysis (TEA) to industrial ecology - Sergio Uson, Wojciech Stanek
4. Assessment of water resources by exergetic cost - Javier Uche, Amaya M artinez, Beatriz Carrasquer
5. Optimization of design and operational parameters toward minimization of natural resources depletion - Jan Szargut, Wojciech Stanek
6. Exergo-ecological assessment of multi-generation energy systems - Wojciech Stanek, Wieslaw Gazda, Wojciech Kostowski
7. Thermo-ecological evaluation of advanced power technologies - Pawel Gladysz, Andrzej Ziebik
8. Cumulative green-house gasses (GHG) emissions as total measure of global warming potential -Ryszard Bialecki, Wojciech Stanek
9. Thermo-ecological system analysis as a tool supporting national energy and environmental policy - Andrzej Ziebik, Wojciech Stanek, Pawel Gladysz