3. Exergy analysis

3.1 Reminders about exergy

The basic notions concerning exergy are given in the article [BE 8 064] . As a reminder, the irreversibility of any system results in the creation of entropy, and correlatively in the destruction of exergy and the creation of anergy. The sum of a system's exergy (Ex) and anergy (An) corresponds to its energy (En):

E n = E x + A n

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(1) - REFPROP - - Thermodynamic and transport properties database (REFPROP) : Version 10 http://www.nist.gov/srd/refprop
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