Title :
Thermodynamics and recycling, a review
Author :
Gutowski, Timothy G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Thermodynamics provides a value system and rules for evaluating separation and recycling systems. After a brief development to calculate the minimum work required to separate an ideal mixture, we review what thermodynamics has to say about four questions: 1) What gets recycled? 2) What gets lost? 3) What gets saved? and 4) How can we improve the system.
Keywords :
recycling; thermodynamics; recycling systems; separation systems; thermodynamics; value system; Biological system modeling; Costs; Degradation; Entropy; Open systems; Power generation economics; Purification; Recycling; Temperature; Thermodynamics; Materials Separations; Recycling; Thermodynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2272-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2298-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562912
