Exergy outcomes associated with the greenhouse effects

Abstract:

The effect on the exergy of the Earth's fossil fuels if natural environmental conditions are changed due to the greenhouse effect is studied. The change considered here is a temperature rise produced as a result of increased CO2 concentration. The temperature change due to the increase in CO2 concentration is modeled in accordance with the most recent studies on the greenhouse effect. The result is that the 'average fossil fuel', based on estimates of proven reserves, will lose 0.3% of its exergy if the atmospheric concentration of CO2 doubles. Assuming that CO2 concentration will double over the next hundred years, this 0.3% exergy loss of proven reserves means that we will lose as much capacity to produce work as primary energy was consumed in USA and Canada during 1988.

Año de publicación:

1991

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scopus