Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The Emerging Concerns -- 1.2 The Complexity of the Design Space -- 1.3 The Level of Details of a System Description -- 1.4 The Interaction of Energy and Materials Requirements -- 1.5 The History of Thermoeconomics Development -- 1.6 The Question Posed for Thermoeconomic Analysis -- 1.7 The Importance of an Integrated Database -- 1.8 The Main Pillars of Thermoeconomic Analysis -- 1.9 General References -- Chapter 2. Improved Thermodynamic Analysis -- 2.1 The Exergy Function -- 2.2 The Thermodynamic Analysis of a System in the Steady State -- 2.3 Tutorial -- 2.4 References -- Chapter 3. Improved Costing Analysis -- 3.1 The Objective Function as a Cost Function -- 3.2 Making and Operating Resources of an Energy-Conversion Device -- 3.3 The Quantification of the Making and Operating Resources for a Device -- 3.4 Making and Operating Resources of a System of Devices -- 3.5 The Cost Indices cF, {czi}, and {cai} -- 3.6 Combining Second-Law and Costing Analyses (Thermoeconomic Analysis) -- 3.7 Tutorial -- 3.8 Selected References -- Chapter 4. Enhanced System Optimization -- 4.1 A Two-Level Decomposition Strategy -- 4.2 Decomposition at the Discipline Level -- 4.3 Decomposition at the Device Level -- 4.4 More on the Objective Function and on Decomposition -- 4.5 Programming Thermoeconomic Analysis -- 4.6 Tutorial -- 4.7 Selected References -- Chapter 5. The Manipulation of the Design Models of Devices -- 5.1 Multidisciplinary Problems in General -- 5.2 The Communication Between the Disciplines of Thermodynamics and Design -- 5.3 A Heat Exchange Device -- 5.4 Tutorial -- 5.5 Selected References -- Chapter 6. Off-Design Performance Due to Load Variation -- 6.1 Managing the Inefficiency of Variable-Load Operation -- 6.2 Predicting the Part-Load Performance of a System of Devices -- 6.3 Handling the System-Design of Variable-Load Problems -- 6.4 Optimal Operation of a Facility of Systems of Same Product -- 6.5 Tutorial -- 6.6 Selected References -- Chapter 7. Application Examples -- 7.1 Time-Independent Production -- 7.2 Time-Dependent Production -- 7.3 Closing Remarks -- 7.4 Selected References -- Chapter 8. Software, Analyzed Systems and their Flow Diagrams -- 8.1 Contents of the Compact Disc -- 8.2 Brief Description of the Six Executable Tools -- 8.3 The Analyzed Systems and Their Flow Diagrams -- Chapter 9. Appendices -- Appendix 9.1 Some Useful Forms of the Flow Exergy -- Appendix 9.2 Thermodynamic and Design Models -- Appendix 9.3 Capital and Performance Equations -- Appendix 9.4 Refreshing Basic Engineering Material -- Appendix 9.5 Selected General Properties -- Appendix 9.6 A Selected Compilation of Heat Transfer Film Coefficients and Friction Factors -- Appendix 9.7 Glossary -- Appendix 9.8 Nomenclature -- Appendix 9.9 Constants and Conversion Factors -- Subject Index -- Last Page.