New Concepts in Material and Energy Utilization

摘要

New criteria in material and energy utilization are proposed. The potential index (Θ~*) is assigned to explain some natural processes in the world and to identify reasonably the preferable process instead of the efficiency. In addition, this term can first integrate the independent knowledge of the fields of mechanical, electrical and chemical engineering. It not only describes satisfactorily the transformation processes that are well-known in mechanical and electrical engineering, but also the increasing potential processes familiar in chemical engineering.