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Exergy as an available useful work needs to be analyzed from the point of view of the second law of thermodynamics. It derives from Carnot’s thermal efficiency, which is responsible for high-grade energy. Exergy plays an important role in life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA).
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Tiwari, G.N., Tiwari, A., Shyam (2016). Exergy Analysis. In: Handbook of Solar Energy. Energy Systems in Electrical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0807-8_19
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