| Chapter 1 | Exergy balance and exergy losses |
| Definition of exergy and exergy losses; Exergy balance and exergy efficiency; Exergy and anergy; Typical irreversible phenomena; Anthropogenic and natural exergy losses; Exercises | |
| Chapter 2 | Calculation of exergy |
| Types and components of exergy; Physical exergy; Chemical exergy; Enthalpy of devaluation; Chemical exergy of organic fuels; Chemical exergy of solutions; Exergy of thermal radiation; Nuclear exergy; Exergy losses in thermal plants; Exercises | |
| Chapter 3 | Cumulative exergy consumption and partial exergy losses |
| Definition of the cumulative exergy consumption (CExC); The problem of CExC of the human work; A set of input-output equations ; Cumulative exergy efficiency; Cumulative and partial exergy losses; Net coefficients of consumption; Sequence method for the evaluation of partial exergy losses; Exercises | |
| Chapter 4 | Practical rules for improving thermodynamic imperfection |
| Exercises | |
| Chapter 5 | Depletion of non-renewable natural resources; thermo-ecological cost |
| Definition of the thermo-ecological costs; Evaluation of the thermo-ecological cost of deleterious waste products; Balance equations; Influence of the interregional exchange; Calculation of the thermo-ecological cost; Sustainability index; Exercises | |
| Chapter 6 | Economic applications of exergy |
| Exergo-economics; Optimization of the thermo-ecological cost; Optimization of the exergetic cost; Correction of the economic optimization; Influence of thermodynamic imperfection on the investment cost; Evaluation of the natural mineral capital and freshwater resources of the Earth; Exercise | |
| Chapter 7 | Application of exergy for determining the pro-ecological tax |
| Necessity of a new tax; Structure of the pro-ecological tax; Pro-ecological tax resulting from the use of machines and installations; Burdening of imports and exports; Discussion; Exercises | |