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[[Image:JIE_Sankey_V5_Fig1.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Sankey's original 1898 diagram showing energy efficiency of a steam engine]]
[[Image:JIE_Sankey_V5_Fig1.png|thumb|upright=1.2|Sankey's original 1898 diagram showing energy efficiency of a steam engine]]


'''Sankey diagrams''' are a [[Data_and_information_visualization|data visualisation]] technique or [[flow diagram]] that emphasizes flow/movement/change from one state to another or one time to another,<ref>{{cite journal | author-first1 = Ethan | author-last1 = Otto | author-first2 = Eva | author-last2 = Culakova | author-first3 = Sixu | author-last3 = Meng | author-first4 = Zhihong | author-last4 = Zhang | author-first5 = Huiwen | author-last5 = Xu | author-first6 = Supriya | author-last6 = Mohile | author-first7 = Marie | author-last7 = Flannery | date = 2022-05-13 | title = Overview of Sankey Flow Diagrams: Focusing on Symptom Trajectories in Older Adults with Advanced Cancer | journal = Journal of Geriatric Oncology | volume = 13 | issue = 5 | pages = 742–746 | doi = 10.1016/j.jgo.2021.12.017 | pmid = 35000890 | pmc = 9232856 }}</ref> in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate of the depicted [[intensive_and_extensive_properties|extensive property]].
'''Sankey diagrams''' are a type of [[flow diagram]] in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate.


Sankey diagrams can also visualize the energy accounts, material flow accounts on a regional or national level, and cost breakdowns.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Schmidt | first = Mario | date = 2008 | title = The Sankey Diagram in Energy and Material Flow Management - Part II: Methodology and Current Applications | journal = Journal of Industrial Ecology | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | issn = 1530-9290 | pages = 173–185 | doi = 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00015.x }}</ref> The diagrams are often used in the visualization of [[material flow analysis]].
Sankey diagrams can also visualize the energy accounts, material flow accounts on a regional or national level, and cost breakdowns.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Schmidt | first = Mario | date = 2008 | title = The Sankey Diagram in Energy and Material Flow Management - Part II: Methodology and Current Applications | journal = Journal of Industrial Ecology | volume = 12 | issue = 2 | issn = 1530-9290 | pages = 173–185 | doi = 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00015.x }}</ref> The diagrams are often used in the visualization of [[material flow analysis]].
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== History ==
== History ==
Sankey diagrams are named after Irish Captain [[Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey]], who used this type of [[diagram]] in 1898 in a classic figure<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kennedy | first1 = Alex B. W. | last2 = Sankey | first2 = H. Riall | date = 1898 | title = The Thermal Efficiency Of Steam Engines | journal = Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers | volume = 134 | issue = 1898 | pages = 278–312 | doi = 10.1680/imotp.1898.19100 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/2036163 }}</ref> (see diagram) showing the [[Energy conversion efficiency|energy efficiency]] of a [[steam engine]]. The original charts in black and white displayed just one type of flow (e.g. steam); using colors for different types of flows lets the diagram express additional variables.
Sankey diagrams are named after Irish Captain [[Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey]], who used this type of diagram in 1898 in a classic figure<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kennedy | first1 = Alex B. W. | last2 = Sankey | first2 = H. Riall | date = 1898 | title = The Thermal Efficiency Of Steam Engines | journal = Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers | volume = 134 | issue = 1898 | pages = 278–312 | doi = 10.1680/imotp.1898.19100 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/2036163 }}</ref> (see diagram) showing the [[Energy conversion efficiency|energy efficiency]] of a [[steam engine]]. The original charts in black and white displayed just one type of flow (e.g. steam); using colors for different types of flows lets the diagram express additional variables.


Over time, it became a standard model used in science and engineering to represent heat balance, energy flows, material flows, and since the 1990s this visual model has been used in [[life-cycle assessment]] of products.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Schmidt | first = Mario | date = 2008 | title = The Sankey Diagram in Energy and Material Flow Management - Part I: History | journal = Journal of Industrial Ecology | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 82–94 | doi = 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00004.x | s2cid = 154150190 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
Over time, it became a standard model used in science and engineering to represent heat balance, energy flows, material flows, and since the 1990s this visual model has been used in [[life-cycle assessment]] of products.<ref>{{cite journal | last = Schmidt | first = Mario | date = 2008 | title = The Sankey Diagram in Energy and Material Flow Management - Part I: History | journal = Journal of Industrial Ecology | volume = 12 | issue = 1 | pages = 82–94 | doi = 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00004.x | s2cid = 154150190 | doi-access = free }}</ref>


[[File:Minard.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Minard's classic diagram of [[Napoleon]]'s [[French invasion of Russia|invasion of Russia]], using the feature now named after Sankey]]
[[File:Minard.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Minard's diagram of [[Napoleon]]'s [[French invasion of Russia|invasion of Russia]], using the feature now named after Sankey]]
One of the most famous Sankey diagrams is [[Charles Minard]]'s Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812. It is a [[flow map]], overlaying a Sankey diagram onto a geographical map. It was created in 1869, predating Sankey's first Sankey diagram of 1898.
One of the most famous Sankey diagrams is [[Charles Minard]]'s Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Corbett|first1=John|title=Charles Joseph Minard: Mapping Napoleon's March, 1861|url=http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/58|publisher=Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science|access-date=21 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312205811/http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/58/|archive-date=12 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is a [[flow map]], overlaying a Sankey diagram onto a geographical map. It was created in 1869, predating Sankey's first Sankey diagram of 1898. Minard had used this form of diagram for visualising flow of goods and transport of people from at least since 1844.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb46641873t | title=Tableaux graphiques et cartes figuratives. : &#91;transports de voyageurs et marchandises en France et Europe, trains, péniches, navires, tranports maritimes mondiaux, importations de coton, de houilles 1845-1870&#93; | date=1844 }}</ref>


== Science ==
== Science ==
[[File:Earth_heat_balance_Sankey_diagram.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Earth's energy budget]] &ndash; line thickness is linearly proportional to relative amount of energy]]
[[File:Earth_heat_balance_Sankey_diagram.svg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Earth's energy budget]] &ndash; line thickness is linearly proportional to relative amount of energy]]
Sankey diagrams are often used in fields of science, especially physics. They are used to represent energy inputs, useful output, and wasted output.
Sankey diagrams are often used in fields of science, especially physics. They are used to represent energy inputs, useful output, and wasted output.
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The [[International Energy Agency]] (IEA) created an interactive Sankey web application that details the flow of energy for the entire planet.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Balance (2015)|url=http://www.iea.org/Sankey/#?c=World&s=Balance|website=International Energy Agency (IEA)|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> Users can select specific countries, points of time back to 1973, and modify the arrangement of various flows within the Sankey diagram.
The [[International Energy Agency]] (IEA) created an interactive Sankey web application that details the flow of energy for the entire planet.<ref>{{cite web|title=World Balance (2015)|url=http://www.iea.org/Sankey/#?c=World&s=Balance|website=International Energy Agency (IEA)|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref> Users can select specific countries, points of time back to 1973, and modify the arrangement of various flows within the Sankey diagram.


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[[File:Single Transferrable Vote example.png|thumb|An illustration on how [[single transferable vote]] works]]
Ben Schmidt, an assistant professor of history at Northeastern University, created a Sankey diagram relating majors in college to eventual careers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Schmidt|first1=Ben|title=What are you going to do with that degree?|url=http://benschmidt.org/jobs/|website=Ben Schmidt|access-date=15 December 2017}}</ref>

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[[File:Single Transferrable Vote example.png|thumb|An illustration on how [[Single Transferrable vote]] works]]



==See also==
==See also==
*[[Alluvial diagram]]{{snd}}a type of Sankey diagram that uses the same kind of representation to depict how items re-group
*[[Alluvial diagram]]{{snd}}a type of Sankey diagram that uses the same kind of representation to depict how items re-group
*[[Material flow management]]
*[[Material flow management]]
*[[Parallel coordinates]]
*[[Thermodynamics]]
*[[Time geography]]
*[[Time geography]]


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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Sankey diagrams}}
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* [https://app.rawgraphs.io/ RAWGraphs] online open-source platform allowing the creation of Sankey diagrams
*[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/01/19092748/8 Scottish Executive] – Energy in Scotland: Supply and Demand
*[https://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/research/waste/EPA_material_flow_accounts_ERTDI45_synthesis.pdf Irish Environmental Protection Agency] – Material Flow Accounts (MFAs) – Demonstration for Ireland – 2001
*[http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/ sankey-diagrams.com] – Blog discussing the usage of Sankey diagrams
*[http://www.iea.org/Sankey/ IEA Energy Balance Flows] – Containing International Energy Agency's data on over 150 countries and regions
*[https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/sankey/energy/sankey.html Eurostat energy flow diagrams] – Interactive visualisation tool for the annual energy balance data of 42 countries reporting to [[Eurostat]]
*[http://www.sankey-diagrams.com/grassmann-diagrams/ Grassmann diagrams] ([[exergy]] flow, destruction, and loss)


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Latest revision as of 19:07, 8 November 2024

Example of a Sankey diagram
Sankey's original 1898 diagram showing energy efficiency of a steam engine

Sankey diagrams are a data visualisation technique or flow diagram that emphasizes flow/movement/change from one state to another or one time to another,[1] in which the width of the arrows is proportional to the flow rate of the depicted extensive property.

Sankey diagrams can also visualize the energy accounts, material flow accounts on a regional or national level, and cost breakdowns.[2] The diagrams are often used in the visualization of material flow analysis.

Sankey diagrams emphasize the major transfers or flows within a system. They help locate the most important contributions to a flow. They often show conserved quantities within defined system boundaries.

History

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Sankey diagrams are named after Irish Captain Matthew Henry Phineas Riall Sankey, who used this type of diagram in 1898 in a classic figure[3] (see diagram) showing the energy efficiency of a steam engine. The original charts in black and white displayed just one type of flow (e.g. steam); using colors for different types of flows lets the diagram express additional variables.

Over time, it became a standard model used in science and engineering to represent heat balance, energy flows, material flows, and since the 1990s this visual model has been used in life-cycle assessment of products.[4]

Minard's diagram of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, using the feature now named after Sankey

One of the most famous Sankey diagrams is Charles Minard's Map of Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812.[5] It is a flow map, overlaying a Sankey diagram onto a geographical map. It was created in 1869, predating Sankey's first Sankey diagram of 1898. Minard had used this form of diagram for visualising flow of goods and transport of people from at least since 1844.[6]

Science

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Earth's energy budget – line thickness is linearly proportional to relative amount of energy

Sankey diagrams are often used in fields of science, especially physics. They are used to represent energy inputs, useful output, and wasted output.

Active examples

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The United States Energy Information Administration (EIA) produces numerous Sankey diagrams annually in its Annual Energy Review[7] which illustrate the production and consumption of various forms of energy.

The US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore Laboratory maintains a site of Sankey diagrams, including US energy flow and carbon flow.[8]

Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union, has developed an interactive Sankey web tool to visualise energy data by means of flow diagrams.[9] The tool allows the building and customisation of diagrams by playing with different options (country, year, fuel, level of detail).

The International Energy Agency (IEA) created an interactive Sankey web application that details the flow of energy for the entire planet.[10] Users can select specific countries, points of time back to 1973, and modify the arrangement of various flows within the Sankey diagram.

An illustration on how single transferable vote works

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Otto, Ethan; Culakova, Eva; Meng, Sixu; Zhang, Zhihong; Xu, Huiwen; Mohile, Supriya; Flannery, Marie (13 May 2022). "Overview of Sankey Flow Diagrams: Focusing on Symptom Trajectories in Older Adults with Advanced Cancer". Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 13 (5): 742–746. doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2021.12.017. PMC 9232856. PMID 35000890.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Mario (2008). "The Sankey Diagram in Energy and Material Flow Management - Part II: Methodology and Current Applications". Journal of Industrial Ecology. 12 (2): 173–185. doi:10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00015.x. ISSN 1530-9290.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Alex B. W.; Sankey, H. Riall (1898). "The Thermal Efficiency Of Steam Engines". Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 134 (1898): 278–312. doi:10.1680/imotp.1898.19100.
  4. ^ Schmidt, Mario (2008). "The Sankey Diagram in Energy and Material Flow Management - Part I: History". Journal of Industrial Ecology. 12 (1): 82–94. doi:10.1111/j.1530-9290.2008.00004.x. S2CID 154150190.
  5. ^ Corbett, John. "Charles Joseph Minard: Mapping Napoleon's March, 1861". Center for Spatially Integrated Social Science. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Tableaux graphiques et cartes figuratives. : [transports de voyageurs et marchandises en France et Europe, trains, péniches, navires, tranports maritimes mondiaux, importations de coton, de houilles 1845-1870]". 1844.
  7. ^ "Annual Energy Review". Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. ^ "LLNL Flow Charts". Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Energy balance flow for European Union (28 countries) 2015". Eurostat. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. ^ "World Balance (2015)". International Energy Agency (IEA). Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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