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Tostevin, G. Mark. Energy Systems Design and Operation: A Unified Method. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2012.

Energy Systems Design and Operation: A Unified Method

Authors: G. Mark Tostevin

Published:  April 2012

eISBN: 9780071772921 0071772928 | ISBN: 9780071772914
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  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Reason: To Adopt a Unified Method for Energy Systems
  • 2 The Task: Of Gathering and Processing Information for Energy Systems
  • Gather Information
  • Process Information
  • 3 Formalize: Engineering Principles for the Design and Operation of Energy Systems, Including Those with Energy Storage
  • Processes: First Law
  • Processes: Second Law
  • Plant
  • Time
  • Energy Storage
  • Design and Operation
  • 4 Unify: Extend the Formality So That It Becomes Unified for the Concept, Design, and Operation of All Energy Systems
  • Universal Organization
  • Extend the Formality
  • Uniting Energy Systems
  • Computing Power
  • 5 Compute: Requirements for Computing with a Unified Method
  • Symbolic Names
  • Database Files
  • Computer Program
  • Validate
  • 6 Demonstrate: The Use and Benefits of a Unified Method for Operating an Industrial Power Station, Designing the Energy System for an Office Building, and Other Applications
  • Operate
  • Demands
  • Loads
  • Design
  • Other Applications
  • Manufacturing
  • Private/Public Electricity
  • 7 Critique: Simulation and Optimization, Questions and Answers
  • Simulation
  • Optimization
  • Computing
  • Application
  • A: Algorithm
  • Synthesize
  • Calculate
  • Integrate
  • Evaluate
  • Optimize
  • B: Specifications
  • Executive
  • Synthesis Subprogram
  • Evaluation Subprogram
  • Integration Subprogram
  • Calculation Subprogram
  • Section of Plant Subroutines
  • Machine-Loading Subroutine
  • C: Techniques
  • Calculation
  • Containers
  • Container SIZE
  • Container TT
  • Container PP
  • Container MM
  • Container EFFY
  • Container VV
  • Standard Conditions and Constants
  • Plant Performance Curves
  • Auxiliaries
  • Major Auxiliaries
  • Minor Auxiliaries
  • Packaged Auxiliaries
  • Energy Storage
  • Generalized and Specific Information
  • Use of Information
  • Lifecycle Cost
  • D: Examples
  • No Warranty
  • Warnings
  • Software Collection
  • Executable Programs
  • Source Code
  • Specific Examples
  • Notes for Programmers
  • Example Instructions
  • E: Definitions
  • F: Abbreviations: Used in This Book and Its Example Computer Programs
  • G: Dictionary
  • Values for Indices of Symbolic Names
  • H: Bibliography
  • Installation Instructions for Software Collection
  • Index