Includes bibliographical references (p. 189) and index.

1. A Reason -- 2. The Task -- 3. Formalize -- 4. Unify -- 5. Compute -- 6. Demonstrate -- 7. Critique.

Written by a global expert with 50 years of experience in the field, Energy Systems Design and Operation presents a formal, unified, and universal method for conceiving, designing, and operating the most appropriate energy system in any given situation. This authoritative guide describes how to express the scientific, technical, and economic parameters of an energy system in universal terms, and then reliably conduct its engineering and evaluation in those terms. The book also includes the algorithm and functional specification of the computer program for the unified method, application techniques, and software examples with source code. -- Back cover.