System synthesis to meet exergy loss target value

A synthesizer for synthesizing components to design a system meeting an exergy loss target value, said synthesizer comprising:

• an input module configured to receive data regarding component options;
• a component set synthesizing module configured to synthesize one or more candidate sets of components from the component options;
• an exergy loss calculating module configured to calculate an exergy loss value for each of the one or more candidate sets of components,
• an exergy loss comparing module configured to determine whether any of the respective exergy loss values meets the exergy loss target value;
• and
• an identifying module configured to identify at least one candidate set of components determined to meet the exergy loss target value as the set of components for use in the design of the system.

A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method of synthesizing components to design a system meeting an exergy loss target value, said one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions for:

• synthesizing one or more candidate sets of components;
• calculating an exergy loss value for each of the one or more candidate sets of components;
• determining whether at least one of the candidate set of components meets the exergy loss target value;
• and
• identifying at least one candidate set of components determined to meet the exergy loss target value as the set of components for use in the design of the system.