Thermodynamics of Complex Systems - Couverture rigide

Sertorio, Luigi

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9971509784 ISBN 13 : 9789971509781

Editeur : EPB Publishers Pte Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

This book aims at guiding the reader with continuity from the elements of classical equilibrium thermodynamics to the formal problems of global non equilibrium thermodynamics necessary to describe an "active system" such is a thermodynamic ecosystem. To this purpose, the brief review of equilibrium thermodynamics emphasizes the concepts of disequilibrium, Carnot cycles and less efficient cycles, and Gibbs availability as the distance from equilibrium. In this way the reader is taken by hand to accept the concept of Gibbs efficiency of the ecosystem Earth as a property given to us by the cosmological evolution. The final chapters are devoted to the optimal control theory of global non-equilibrium systems. An elementary theory of zero energy thermodynamic automata is presented. A thermodynamic automation with four temperatures and three controls is discussed in detail.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: EPB Publishers Pte Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9971509784
• ISBN 13: 9789971509781
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible