... total cost; (iii) ranking of system components into main, secondary, and remainder; (iv) identification of the predominant cost (exergy destruction or investment) for main and secondary components; ... Vieira received his Bachelor’s Degree in mechanical and automotive engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME-RJ), Brazil, in 1984. Later, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he graduated ... PUC-RJ in 1991, and with a D.Sc. Degree from UFRJ in 2003, both in mechanical engineering. He has published more than 15 articles in well-recognized journals, books, and proceedings. His main research...