{"title":"The interpretation of available potential energy as exergy applied to layers of a stratified atmosphere","authors":"Fred Kucharski","doi":"10.1016/S1164-0235(01)00006-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is shown that Van Mieghems available potential energy for the atmosphere can be derived, in a local formulation, from an extension of the concept of exergy. The available potential energy can be interpreted as exergy applied to each layer of a thermally stratified atmosphere. This interpretation allows the application of well-known exergy theorems to the atmosphere and, therefore, deepens the thermodynamic insight in atmospheric energetics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100518,"journal":{"name":"Exergy, An International Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"Pages 25-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1164-0235(01)00006-1","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Exergy, An International Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164023501000061","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
It is shown that Van Mieghems available potential energy for the atmosphere can be derived, in a local formulation, from an extension of the concept of exergy. The available potential energy can be interpreted as exergy applied to each layer of a thermally stratified atmosphere. This interpretation allows the application of well-known exergy theorems to the atmosphere and, therefore, deepens the thermodynamic insight in atmospheric energetics.