English

Noun

exergy ‎(countable and uncountable, plural exergies)

1. (physics) Concentrated or organized energy, which can be exported and do work in the process.
   • The maximum fraction of an energy form which (in a reversible process) can be transformed into work is called exergy. The remaining part is called anergy, and this corresponds to the waste heat.^[1]
   • To be useful, internal energy has to be concentrated. The more dilute or disorganized the internal energy, the less useful it is ...^[2]

Synonyms

• free energy

Antonyms

• anergy
• bound energy

References

1. ↑ Honerkamp, J. ♦ Statistical Physics ♦ Springer, 2002, p. 298
2. ↑ Newman, Jay ♦ Physics of the Life Sciences ♦ Springer, 2008, p. 336