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what exactly is exergy,my book says there is something called exergy like energy?
 

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Straight from wikipedia: "In thermodynamics, the exergy of a system is the maximum work possible during a process that brings the system into equilibrium with a heat reservoir."
 


so is the term used only with respect tom thermodynamics?
please elaborate equilibrium with heat reservoir
 

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