Readings
In this section the referenced books and articles on which the course is based can be found. The largest part of the course is based on the book depicted here:
- Cover of the book: ‘Non-equilibrium thermodynamics for engineers’ by S. Kjelstrup, D. Bedeaux, E. Johannessen and J. Gross..
Articles on entropy production and its minimization by Kjelstrup et al.
(the number refers to her publication list).
Lost work/ lost exergy / mapping the entropy production
172. G.J.M. Koper, S. Kjelstrup, T. van de Ven, M. Sadeghi, W.J.M. Douglas, Entropy production for cylinder drying of linerboard and newsprint, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 50 (2007) 1344-1355
176. L. Iandoli and S. Kjelstrup, Exergy Analysis of a GTL Process Based on Low-Temperature Slurry F-T reactor Technology with a Cobalt Catalyst, Energy & Fuels, 21 (2007) 2317-2324
183. A. Zvolinschi, S. Kjelstrup, O. Bolland and H. van der Kooi, Exergy Sustainability Indicators as a Tool in Industrial Ecology: Application to Two Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants, J. Industrial Ecology, 11 (2007) 1-14
188. A. Zvolinschi, and S. Kjelstrup, A process maturity indicator for industrial ecology, J. Ind. Ecol. 12(2008) 159- 172
211. L. V. van der Ham and S. Kjelstrup, Exergy analysis of two cryogenic air separation processes, Energy (2010) in print
Entropy production minimization
131. E. Johannessen, L. Nummedal, S. Kjelstrup, Minimizing the entropy production in heat exchange, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer 45 (2002) 2649-2654
135. G. de Koeijer, S. Kjelstrup, P. Salamon, G.Siragusa, M. Schaller and K.H. Hoffmann, Comparison of Entropy production rate minimization methods for binary diabatic tray distillation, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 41 (2002) 5826-5834
138. S. Kjelstrup and G. de Koeijer, Transport equations for distillation of ethanol and water from the entropy production rate, Chem. Eng. Sci., 58 (2003) 1147-1161
139. L. Nummedal, S. Kjelstrup and M. Costea, Minimizing the entropy production rate of an exothermic reactor with constant heat transfer coefficient: The ammonia reaction, Ind. Chem. Eng. Res. 42 (2003) 1044-1056
143. S. Kjelstrup, A. Røsjorde, and E. Johannessen, Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics for Industry Chapter 1, in Chemical Thermodynamics for Industry, Trevor Letcher, ed. Royal Society of Chemistry, Athaneum Press, Tyne and Wear, UK, 2004
144. G. de Koeijer, A. Røsjorde and S. Kjelstrup, Distribution of heat exchange in optimum diabatic distillation columns, Energy 29 (2004) 2425-2440
145. G. de Koeijer, E. Johannessen and S. Kjelstrup, The second law optimal path for a four- bed SO2converter with intermediate heat exchange, Energy 29 (2004) 525-546
148. E. Johannessen and S. Kjelstrup, Minimum entropy production rate in plug flow reactors: An optimal control problem solved for SO2 oxidation, Energy 29 (2004) 2403 – 2423
150. L. Nummedal, A. Røsjorde, E. Johannessen, and S. Kjelstrup, Second law optimization of a tubular steam reformer. Chem. Eng. Proc. 44 (2005) 429 – 440
152. E. Johannessen and S. Kjelstrup, Numerical evidence for a highway in state space, Chem. Eng. Sci., 60 (2005) 1491-1495
153. E. Johannessen and S. Kjelstrup, Nonlinear flux-force relations and equipartition theorems for the state of minimum entropy production, J. Non-Equilib. Thermodyn. 129 (2005) 136
154. A. Røsjorde and S. Kjelstrup, The second law optimal state of a diabatic binary tray distillation column. Chem. Eng. Sci. 60 (2005) 1199-1210
157. E. Johannessen and S. Kjelstrup, A highway in state space for reactors with minimum entropy production, Chem. Eng. Sci., 60 (2005) 3347-3361
162. A. Zvolinschi, E. Johannessen, and S. Kjelstrup, The second law optimal operation of a paper drying machine, Chem. Eng. Sci. 61 (2006) 3653-3662
167. A. Røsjorde, S. Kjelstrup, E: Johannessen and R. Hansen, Minimizing the entropy production in a chemical process for dehydrogenation of propane, Energy 32 (2007) 335-343
201. L. van der Ham, Joachim Gross, Ad Verkooijen, Signe Kjelstrup, Efficient Conversion of Thermal Energy into Hydrogen: Comparing Two Methods to Reduce Exergy Losses in a Sulfuric Acid Decomposition Reactor, Ind. Eng. Chem.. Res. 48 (2009) 8500-8507
212. O Wilhelmsen, E. Johannesen and S. Kjelstrup, Energy efficient reactor design simplified by second law analysis, Int. J. Hydrogen Res., accepted, 2010
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