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Energy quality the contrast between different forms of energy, the different
trophic levels in ecological systems and the propensity of energy to convert
from one form to another. The concept refers to our empirical experience of the
characteristics, or qualia, of different energy forms as they flow and
transform. It appeals to our common perception of the heat value, versatility,
and environmental performance of different energy forms and the way a small
increment in energy flow can sometimes produce a large transformation effect on
both energy physical state and energy. For example the transition from a solid
state to liquid may only involve a very small addition of energy. Methods of
evaluating energy quality are sometimes concerned to develop a system of ranking
energy qualities in hierarchical order, however the relation between these
points of view and those used in the analysis of power quality are unknown.
Introduction
Since before antiquity there has been deep philosophical, aesthetic and
scientific interest in the contrast of quality with quantity. In some respects
the history of modern and postmodern thought can be characterised by the
phenomenological approach to these two concepts. A central question has been
whether the many different qualititative aspects of the world can be understood
in terms of rational quantities, or whether the qualitative and quantiative are
irreconcilable: that is, there is no "rational quality", or quale ratio. Many
scientists and analytic philosophers say they are not, and therefore consider
some qualitative phenomena like, for instance, spirituality, and astrology to be
unquantifiable, unanalysable by scientific methods, and therefore ungrounded in
physical reality. The notion of energy quality therefore has a tendency to be
linked with phenomena many scientists consider unquantifiable, or at least
incommunicable, and are consequently dismissed out of hand.
At the same time many people have also recognised qualitative differences in the
way things can be done by different entities (both physical and biological).
Humans, for example have qualitatively different capacities than many other
mammals , due, in part, to their opposable thumb. In the attempt to formalise
some of the qualitative differences, entities were grouped according to
destinguishing features or capacities. Different schools of thought used
different methods to make ditinctions. Some people chose taxonomic and genome
structure, while others chose energetic function as the basis of
classifications. The former are often associted with biology, while the latter
with the trophic food chain analysis of ecology. These can be considered
attempts to formalise quantitative, scientific studies of the qualitative
differences between entities. The efforts were not isolated to biology and
ecology, since engineers were also interested in quantifying the amount of work
that qualitatively different sources of energy could provide.
Ohta
According to Ohta (1994, pp. 90-91) the ranking and scientific analysis of
energy quality was first proposed in 1851 by William Thomson under the concept
of "availability". This concept was continued in Germany by Z. Rant, who
developed it under the title, "die Exergie" (the exergy). It was later continued
and standardised in Japan. Exergy analysis now forms a common part of many
industrial and ecological energy analyses. For example, I.Dincer and Y.A. Cengel
(2001, p. 132) state that energy forms of different qualities are now commonly
dealt with in steam power engineering industry. Here the "quality index" is the
relation of exergy to the energy content (Ibid.). However energy engineers were
aware that the notion of heat quality involved the notion of value - for example
A. Thumann wrote, "The essential quality of heat is not the amount but rather
its 'value'" (1984, p. 113) - which brings into play the question of teleology
and wider, or ecological-scale goal functions. In an ecological context S.E.
Jorgensen and G.Bendoricchio say that exergy is used as a goal function in
ecological models, and expresses energy "with a built-in measure of quality like
energy" (2001, p. 392).
Energy quality evaluation methods
There appear to be two main kinds of methodology used for the calculation of
energy quality. These can be classed as either receiver or donor methods. One of
the main differences that distinguishes these classes is the assumption of
whether energy quality can be upgraded in an energy transformation process.
Receiver methods: view energy quality as a measure and indicator of the relative
ease with which energy converts from one form to another. That is, how much
energy is received from a transformation or transfer process. For example, A.
Grubler [1] used two types of indicators of energetic quality pars pro toto: the
hydrogen/carbon (H/C) ratio, and its inverse, the carbon intensity of energy.
Grubler used the latter as an indicator of relative environmental quality.
However Ohta says that in multistage industrial conversion systems, such as a
hydrogen production system using solar energy, the energy quality is not
upgraded (1994, p. 125).
Donor methods: view energy quality as a measure of the amount of energy used in
an energy transformation, and that goes into sustaining a product or service (H.T.Odum
1975, p.3). That is how much energy is donated to an energy transformation
process. These methods are used in ecological physical chemistry, and ecosystem
evaluation. From this view, in contrast with that outlined by Ohta, energy
quality is upgraded in the multistage trophic conversions of ecological systems.
Here, upgraded energy quality has a greater capacity to feedback and control
lower grades of energy quality. Donor methods attempt to understand the
usefulness of an energetic process by quantifying the extent to which higher
quality energy controls lower quality energy.
Energy quality in physical-chemical science (direct energy transformations)
Constant energy form but variable energy flow
T.Ohta suggested that the concept of energy quality may be more intuitive if one
considers examples where the form of energy remains constant but the amount of
energy flowing, or transferred is varied. For instance if we consider only the
inertial form of energy, then the energy quality of a moving body is higher when
it moves with a greater velocity. If we consider only the heat form of energy,
then a higher temperature has higher quality. And if we consider only the light
form of energy then light with higher frequency has greater quality (Ohta 1994,
p. 90). All these differences in energy quality are therefore easily measured
with the appropriate scientific instrument.
Variable energy form, but constant energy flow
The situation becomes more complex when the form of energy does not remain
constant. In this context Ohta formulated the question of energy quality in
terms of the conversion of energy of one form into another, that is the
transformation of energy. Here, energy quality is defined by the relative ease
with which the energy transforms, from form to form.
If energy A is relatively easier to convert to energy B but energy B is
relatively harder to convert to energy A, then the quality of energy A is
defined as being higher than that of B. The ranking of energy quality is also
defined in a similar way. (T.Ohta 1994, p. 90).
Nomenclature: Prior to Ohta's definition above, A.W.Culp produced an energy
conversion table describing the different conversions from one energy to
another. Culp's treatment made use of a subscript to indicate which energy form
is being talked about. Therefore, instead of writing "energy A", like Ohta
above, Culp referred to "Je", to specify electrical form of energy, where" J"
refers to "energy", and the "e"subscript refers to electrical form of energy.
Culps notation anticipated Scienceman's (1997) later maxim that all energy
should be specified as form energy with the appropriate subscript.
Energy quality in ecological physical chemistry (direct and indirect energy
transformations)
Ecological physical chemistry is concerned with the energy conversions where the
energy forms and flows are not held constant, and how the form changes over
successive indirect transformation steps in an ecological food chain for
example. However in developing an accounting system for these energy
conversions, theorists found that they needed a reference point where the energy
form and average flow is held constant.
“ The concept of energy quality enables the analyst to account for the previous
indirect as well as direct requirements of energy flow. Such total energy flow
requirements are analygous to cost in economic analysis. because the calculation
of those energy requirements is based on a set of processes operating at optimum
energy efficiency, the energy quality calculations are assumed to identify the
total energy cost that is in balance with maximum utility. ”
Odum, Wang, Alexander, Gilliland 1983, A manual for using energy analysis for
plant siting, Report to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, FIN B6155.
Constant energy form and constant energy flow
In order to try and make things more easily understood a method is used that is
the inverse of Ohta's approach mentioned above. That is, the energy quality
determined with reference to a base constant energy form and flow. This base is
then contrasted against varying energy forms and flows. This method was employed
by Howard T. Odum in the discipline known as systems ecology, where the base
reference with an averaged constant flow is the solar energy form. This was
referred to as the "solar energy transformation ratio" and given the value 1.
With the subsequent development of the emergy nomenclature the phrase, "solar
energy transformation ratio" was shortened to the term "solar transformity",
where "transformity" simply means, "energy transformation ratio" (H.T.Odum
1994).
Variable energy form, and variable energy flow
In using this approach H.T.Odum viewed energy quality from the understanding
that different energy forms have different amounts of energy available and can
vary and amplify the flows of other energy forms in ways that encourage the
further transformation of lower quality energy forms. From this view, the actual
flow of calories or joules can decrease as energy is used and dispersed
throughout the world. The result of such energy transformation processes can be
products, information, services or commodities that are understood to be higher
‘quality’ than the original energy forms. Although the base reference energy
form flow is held constant all others are allowed to vary. Energy quality in
this sense means that, “the flows become either very concentrated of very high
in information content, in either case capable of controlling, amplifying and
causing work that would not be otherwise possible” (H.T.Odum 1994, p. 251).
H.T.Odum and colleagues used the generic term "energy transformation ratio", or
"transformity" to refer to the energy quality "factor". This ratio contrasts two
energy forms that are varied during the flow of a transformation process.
Energy quality in biophysical economics (indirect energy transformations)
The notion of energy quality was also recognised in the economic sciences. In
the context of biophysical economics energy quality was measured by the amount
of economic output generated per unit of energy input (C.J.Cleveland 2000, p.
1). The estimation of energy quality in an economic context is also associated
with embodied energy methodologies. Another example of the economic relevance of
the energy quality concept is given by Brian Fleay. Fleay says that the "Energy
Profit Ratio (EPR) is one measure of energy quality and a pivotal index for
assessing the economic performance of fuels. Both the direct and indirect energy
inputs embodied in goods and services must be included in the denominator."
(2006; p.10) Fley calculates the EPR as the energy output/energy input.
DIFFERENT HIERARCHICAL RANKS OF ENERGY FORM QUALITY HIGHEST QUALITY
Ohta Ranking Odum Ranking
Electromagnetic Information
Mechanical Human Services
Photon Protein Food
Chemical Electric Power
Heat Food, Greens, Grains
River-water potential
Consolidated Fuels
River Chemical energy
Mechanical
Tide
Gross Photosynthesis
Average wind
Sunlight
LOWEST QUALITY
Ranking energy quality
Energy abundance and relative transformation ease as measure of hierarchical
rank and/or hirarchical position
Ohta sought to order energy form conversions according to their quality and
introduced a hierarchical scale for ranking energy quality based on the relative
ease of energy conversion (see table to right after Ohta, p. 90). It is evident
that Ohta did not analyse all forms of energy, for example, water is left out of
his evaluation. It is important to note that the ranking of energy quality is
not determined solely with reference to the efficiency of the energy conversion.
This is to say that the evaluation of "relative ease" of an energy conversion is
only partly dependent on transformation efficiency. As Ohta wrote, "the turbine
generator and the electromotor have nearly the same efficiency, therefore we
cannot say which has the higher quality" (1994, p. 90). Ohta therefore also
included, 'abundance in nature' as another critierion for the determination
energy quality rank. For example, Ohta said that, "the only electrical energy
which exists in natural circumstances is lightning, while many mechanical
energies exist." (Ibid.).
Transformity as an energy measure of hierarchical rank
Like Ohta, H.T.Odum also sought to order energy form conversions according to
their quality, however his hierarchical scale for ranking was based on extending
ecological system food chain concepts to thermodyanmics rather than simply
relative ease of transformation . For H.T.Odum energy quality rank is based on
the amount of energy of one form required to generate a unit of another energy
form. The ratio of one energy form input to a different energy form output was
what H.T.Odum and colleagues called transformity: "the EMERGY per unit energy in
units of emjoules per joule" (H.T.Odum 1988, p. 1135).

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