Exergy Analysis
This paper argues for a continuing exploration of Nature’s organizing principles that sustain prolonged homeostasis of the earth’s ecosystems punctuated by forceful transitions to new emergent states. Ecosystems develop and maintain a dynamically stable state by transacting energy and materials with...
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| description | This paper argues for a continuing exploration of Nature’s organizing principles that sustain prolonged homeostasis of the earth’s ecosystems punctuated by forceful transitions to new emergent states. Ecosystems develop and maintain a dynamically stable state by transacting energy and materials with the surrounding flows to keep reversing their continual fall to the ground state. Conversely, the elevation of any component of the ecosystem above the ground level may be regarded as a measure of its functional efficiency. This measure, called exergy, can be calculated for an eco-subsystem based on knowledge of the energy and material fluxes that thread it and, most importantly, of where the ground level happens to be. Admittedly, it is not straightforward to quantify these figures, and the departure of assumptions from reality will inevitably translate into errors in the calculated exergy figures. However, the variance may be estimated by analysing the results of an ensemble... |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aaa65b2fe0424216b1733ec24d058ac32023-02-06T06:40:44ZengNandan NawnEcology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal2581-61522581-61012023-01-016110.37773/ees.v6i1.914Exergy AnalysisTejasvi Chauhan0Vinod Gaur1Indian Institute of Technology BombayCSIR - Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bangalore, IndiaThis paper argues for a continuing exploration of Nature’s organizing principles that sustain prolonged homeostasis of the earth’s ecosystems punctuated by forceful transitions to new emergent states. Ecosystems develop and maintain a dynamically stable state by transacting energy and materials with the surrounding flows to keep reversing their continual fall to the ground state. Conversely, the elevation of any component of the ecosystem above the ground level may be regarded as a measure of its functional efficiency. This measure, called exergy, can be calculated for an eco-subsystem based on knowledge of the energy and material fluxes that thread it and, most importantly, of where the ground level happens to be. Admittedly, it is not straightforward to quantify these figures, and the departure of assumptions from reality will inevitably translate into errors in the calculated exergy figures. However, the variance may be estimated by analysing the results of an ensemble...https://ecoinsee.org/journal/ojs/index.php/ees/article/view/914 |
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