This deals with the optimal design of energy-intensive systems. It surveys
recently developed methodologies that reveal the cost-effectiveness of
energy-resource-saving ideas by design, and focuses on thermoeconomics. The work
is the outcome of more than 20 years of development in thermoeconomics, and will
be useful to students and those working in the field. System-design and
design-modification examples each with an executable computer programme are
available on a CD-ROM.