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The Lecture will review the growing concern of scientific and political community of the world has been expressed through the definition of sustainability as a parameter to measure our future behavior in the use of the available resources on our planet. Historically speaking, it was noticed in very early days of our past that human concern has been expressed in several documents which emphasize need for the rational use of global resources and the sustainability as a moral, cultural and philosophical pattern of our individual and collective behavior.
Special attention is devoted to the defmition of sustainability and its generic meaning. In this respect a particular attention is given to the discussion of different aspects of sustainability in the present world. In order to present an engineering approach to the sustainable development, attention is focused to the review of sustainability criteria, as they have to be introduced in the future products
The main emphasis is given to review a potential development in the energy engineering science that may lead to a sustainable energy development. Seven major areas are listed with specific problems and their relevance to the sustainable energy development. This includes the following areas: energy resources and development; efficiency assessment; clean air technologies; information technologies; new and renewable energy resources; environment capacity; mitigation of nuclear power treat to the environment.
In order to quantify criteria for the sustainability assessment of any design of thermal system element indicators are defined to meet this requirement. In this respect, the efficiency of resources use and technology development is of fundamental importance
Special emphasize is devoted to the example related to the analysis of the current design method for the condenser design and its comparison with the respective sustainability criterion. In this respect the power plant condenser design is shown in the potential prospect for the new design criterion which might lead to the development of the new method for the condenser design or the better understanding for its potential improvement.
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Afgan, N.H., Calvalho, M.G. (1999). Sustainability Criteria for Heat Exchanger Design. In: Kakaç, S., Bergles, A.E., Mayinger, F., Yüncü, H. (eds) Heat Transfer Enhancement of Heat Exchangers. Nato ASI Series, vol 355. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9159-1_3
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