In Memoriam: Building on the Legacy of Elias P. Gyftopoulos (1927–2012) Entropy and Thermodynamics Made Rigorous

Abstract

Indeed, in the international thermodynamics community, he has been very influential. His crystal clear understanding of the entropy balance made him a leader in the 1970s and the 1980s, when the methods of availability analysis (today better known as second law analysis or exergy analysis) were being introduced systematically in the energysystems engineering practice. This topic was central for the international group that started the ECOS conference series on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation, and environmental impact of energy systems, which today gathers hundreds of energy experts, as well as for the Advanced Energy Systems Division of the ASME.