Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Σταθμισμένο Κόστος Ενέργειας	Εξεργοοικονομική Ανάλυση	Ανάλυση Εκσεργο-Περιβαλλοντικών Επιπτώσεων
Πεδίο	Θερμοδυναμική	Θερμοδυναμική	Θερμοδυναμική
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2009	1993	2009
Δημιουργός	Lazard	Goran Tsatsaronis	Goran Tsatsaronis and Lucía Meyer
Τύπος	Cost comparison framework	Thermoeconomic assessment	Life cycle and environmental analysis
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Lazard. (2023). Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (v17.0). Lazard Ltd.	Tsatsaronis, G. (1993). Thermoeconomic analysis and optimization of energy conversion processes. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 19(4), 323-356.	Meyer, L., Tsatsaronis, G., Buchgeister, J., & Schebek, L. (2009). Exergoenvironmental analysis for evaluation of the environmental impact of energy conversion processes. Energy, 34(1), 75-89.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	LCOE, levelized cost analysis	exergy costing, thermoeconomic analysis	environmental exergy costing, exergy-based LCA
Συναφείς	3	3	3
Σύνοψη	Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) is a standardized metric that spreads the total lifecycle cost of an energy project over its lifetime energy output. It enables fair comparison of electricity generation technologies with different capital structures, operating costs, and lifetimes. LCOE is widely used for technology evaluation, investment decisions, and energy policy analysis.	Exergoeconomic analysis combines thermodynamics and economics by assigning monetary costs to exergy streams. It reveals how thermodynamic irreversibilities translate into economic losses within industrial systems. This approach enables engineers to identify the most economically significant inefficiencies and make informed decisions about component improvements and system optimization.	Exergoenvironmental analysis extends exergy-based methods to quantify and allocate environmental impacts of thermal systems. It assigns environmental costs to exergy streams based on upstream lifecycle impacts, revealing which components contribute most significantly to environmental burdens. This enables engineers to design sustainable energy systems by optimizing the trade-off between thermodynamic and environmental performance.