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EMERGY SYNTHESIS:
Theory and Applications of
the Emergy Methodology
Proceedings from the
First Biennial Emergy Analysis Research Conference,
Gainesville, Florida, September, 1999.
Edited by
Mark T. Brown
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Associate Editors
Sherry Brandt-Williams
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Naples, Florida
David Tilley
Texas A&M University
Kingsville, Texas
Sergio Ulgiati
University of Siena
Siena, Italy
December, 2000
The Center for
Environmental Policy
Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
CONTENTS
Contributors vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements x
1. Emergy Synthesis: An
Introduction........................................ 1
M.T.
Brown, S. Brandt-Williams, D. Tilley, and S. Ulgiati
2. Energy, Emergy and Embodied Exergy: diverging or
converging............. 15
approaches?
Sergio Ulgiati
3. The Transformity of Riverine Sediments in the Mississippi
Delta......... 33
Jay Martin
4. Emternalities - Theory and Assessment
.................................. 39
Gonzague Pillet, David Maradan,
Nicole Zingg ,and
Sherry Brandt-Williams
5. Emergy Analysis of the New Bolivia-Brazil Gas Pipeline (Gasbol).........
53
Maria Silvia Romitelli
6. Transformities and Exergetic Cost - A
Discussion........................ 71
J.T.V. Pereira and S.A.
Nebra
7. Emergy Evaluation of Ecosystems: a basis for
environmental.............. 81
decision making
Eliana Bardi and Mark T.
Brown
8. Emergy Analysis of Tomato Production Systems
.......................... 101
Charlotte Lagerberg
9. Sustainable Use of Potable Water in Florida: an Emergy
Analysis........ 107
of Water Supply and Treatment Alternatives.
Andrés A. Buenfil
10. Simulating Emergy and Materials in Hierarchical Steps
................ 119
Howard. T. Odum
11. The Hierarchical Pattern of Energy Flow in
Ecological-Economic........ 129
Systems Representing Three Geographic Scales
David R. Tilley and Mark T.
Brown
12. Emergy Evaluations of Material Cycles and Recycle
Options............. 141
Mark. T. Brown and Vorasun
Buranakarn
13. Toward a Mathematical Formulation of the Maximum Em-Power.............
155
Principle
Corrado Giannantoni
14. Emergy Analysis of Channel Catfish Farming in Alabama
USA........... 171
E. Ortega, J.F. Queiroz,
C.E. Boyd, and J.M.G. Ferraz
15. Emergy Evaluation of Organic and Conventional Horticultural
.......... 181
Production in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil
Vito Comar
16. Embodied Energy and Emergy Analysis of Wastewater
Treatment........... 197
Using Wetlands
Jae-Young Ko, Jay Martin,
and John W. Day
17. Sweden Food System
Analysis........................................... 211
Susanne Johansson, Steven
Doherty, and Torbjörn Rydberg
18. Spatial Transformities for Alachua County, Florida
................... 233
J. David Lambert
19. An Energy Hierarchy Law for Biogeochemical Cycles
.................... 235
Howard.T. Odum
20. Transformity and Potential Effect of Feedback in
Human................ 249
Dominated Systems - Using Wastewater as an Example
Johanna Björklund
21. A Revised Solar Transformity for Tidal Energy Received by
the Earth... 255
and Dissipated Globally: Implications for Emergy Analysis.
Daniel E. Campbell
22. Calculating Transformities with an Eigenvector
Method................. 265
Dennis Collins and Howard. T.
Odum
23. Emergy Analysis and Trends for Ethanol Production in
Brazil........... 281
C. R. Lanzotti, E. Ortega, and S.
M. G. Guerra,
24. Emergy Evaluation of the Environment and Economy of
Nicaragua......... 289
Margarita Cuadra and Torbjörn
Rydberg
25. Energy and Emergy Assessment of Municipal Waste
Collection............ 303
A case study.
Federico Luchi and Sergio Ulgiati
26. Sublimation...........................................................
317
David M. Scienceman and Florence
Ledoux
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