Vol. 8 pp. 380-398

Y.L. Tkachenko, S.D. Morozov, I.S. Scherbakova

 

ON POSSIBLE PRINCIPLES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECO-TECHNOSPHERE ENERGETICS

Annotation. The article compares the way energy is obtained and transformed in the biosphere with the principles of organization and operation of modern technospheric energy systems – primarily thermal energetics. Based on H. Odum’s emergy approach, it is shown that the biosphere continuously produces exergy to sustain all its components, whereas thermal energetics is "parasitic" in nature, as it consumes stored exergy in the form of organic fuel accumulated by the biosphere through the transformation of primary emergy over hundreds of millions of years. In light of the goal to develop a future eco-technosphere, the paper proposes possible fundamental principles for building a nature-like energy system—one that converts primary energy and generates exergy at high levels of organization within technospheric components. Such energy systems could be based on artificial photosynthesis of glucose and microbial fuel cells that generate electricity through the anaerobic decomposition of organic compounds by microorganisms.

Keywords: technosphere, emergy, exergy, energy, energetics, eco-technosphere, nature-likeness.

For citation: Tkachenko Y.L., Morozov S.D., Scherbakova I.S. [On possible principles for the development of the ecotechnosphere energetics]. Upravlenie tekhnosferoi, 2025, vol. 8, issue 3, рр. 380 –398. (In Russ.). DOI: 10.35634/UdSU.2025.57.87.002.

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About the Authors

Tkachenko Yuri Leonidovich

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Industrial Safety, N.E. Bauman Moscow State Technical University (National Research University), 5, 2-nd Baumanskaya St., Moscow, Russia.

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Morozov Sergey Dmitrievich

Senior Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Industrial Safety, N.E. Bauman Moscow State Technical University (National Research University), 5, 2-nd Baumanskaya St., Moscow, Russia.

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Irina Sergeevna Scherbakova

Senior Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Industrial Safety, N.E. Bauman Moscow State Technical University (National Research University), 5, 2-nd Bauman St., Moscow, Russia.

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