Ebook: Entropy and Entropy Generation: Fundamentals and Applications

Entropy and entropy generation play essential roles in our understanding of many diverse phenomena ranging from cosmology to biology. Their importance is manifest in areas of immediate practical interest such as the provision of global energy as well as in others of a more fundamental flavour such as the source of order and complexity in nature. They also form the basis of most modern formulations of both equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Today much progress is being made in our understanding of entropy and entropy generation in both fundamental aspects and application to concrete problems. The purpose of this volume is to present some of these recent and important results in a manner that not only appeals to the entropy specialist but also makes them accessible to the nonspecialist looking for an overview of the field.
This book contains fourteen contributions by leading scientists in their fields. The content covers such topics as quantum thermodynamics, nonlinear processes, gravitational and irreversible thermodynamics, the thermodynamics of Taylor dispersion, higher order transport, the mesoscopic theory of liquid crystals, simulated annealing, information and biological aspects, global energy, photovoltaics, heat and mass transport and nonlinear electrochemical systems.
Audience: This work will be of value to physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers interested in the theory and applications of entropy and its generation.

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Entropy and entropy generation play essential roles in our understanding of many diverse phenomena ranging from cosmology to biology. Their importance is manifest in areas of immediate practical interest such as the provision of global energy as well as in others of a more fundamental flavour such as the source of order and complexity in nature. They also form the basis of most modern formulations of both equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Today much progress is being made in our understanding of entropy and entropy generation in both fundamental aspects and application to concrete problems. The purpose of this volume is to present some of these recent and important results in a manner that not only appeals to the entropy specialist but also makes them accessible to the nonspecialist looking for an overview of the field.
This book contains fourteen contributions by leading scientists in their fields. The content covers such topics as quantum thermodynamics, nonlinear processes, gravitational and irreversible thermodynamics, the thermodynamics of Taylor dispersion, higher order transport, the mesoscopic theory of liquid crystals, simulated annealing, information and biological aspects, global energy, photovoltaics, heat and mass transport and nonlinear electrochemical systems.
Audience: This work will be of value to physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers interested in the theory and applications of entropy and its generation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
On Positivity of Rate of Entropy in Quantum-Thermodynamics....Pages 1-9
Entropy of Sequences Generated by Nonlinear Processes: The Logistic Map....Pages 11-26
Developments in Normal and Gravitational Thermodynamics....Pages 27-36
Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics: Statements and Prospects....Pages 37-54
Extended Thermodynamics and Taylor Dispersion....Pages 55-74
Higher-Order Transport....Pages 75-99
Mesoscopic Theory of Liquid Crystals....Pages 101-109
Finite-Time Thermodynamics and Simulated Annealing....Pages 111-127
Entropy, Information and Biological Materials....Pages 129-137
Phenomenological Macroscopic Symmetry in Dissipative Nonlinear Systems....Pages 139-158
The Provision of Global Energy....Pages 159-173
Multiple Source Photovoltaics....Pages 175-195
Coupled Transport of Heat and Mass. Theory and Applications....Pages 197-219
Lagrangian and Network Formulations of Nonlinear Electrochemical Systems....Pages 221-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-247

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Entropy and entropy generation play essential roles in our understanding of many diverse phenomena ranging from cosmology to biology. Their importance is manifest in areas of immediate practical interest such as the provision of global energy as well as in others of a more fundamental flavour such as the source of order and complexity in nature. They also form the basis of most modern formulations of both equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Today much progress is being made in our understanding of entropy and entropy generation in both fundamental aspects and application to concrete problems. The purpose of this volume is to present some of these recent and important results in a manner that not only appeals to the entropy specialist but also makes them accessible to the nonspecialist looking for an overview of the field.
This book contains fourteen contributions by leading scientists in their fields. The content covers such topics as quantum thermodynamics, nonlinear processes, gravitational and irreversible thermodynamics, the thermodynamics of Taylor dispersion, higher order transport, the mesoscopic theory of liquid crystals, simulated annealing, information and biological aspects, global energy, photovoltaics, heat and mass transport and nonlinear electrochemical systems.
Audience: This work will be of value to physicists, chemists, biologists and engineers interested in the theory and applications of entropy and its generation.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
On Positivity of Rate of Entropy in Quantum-Thermodynamics....Pages 1-9
Entropy of Sequences Generated by Nonlinear Processes: The Logistic Map....Pages 11-26
Developments in Normal and Gravitational Thermodynamics....Pages 27-36
Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics: Statements and Prospects....Pages 37-54
Extended Thermodynamics and Taylor Dispersion....Pages 55-74
Higher-Order Transport....Pages 75-99
Mesoscopic Theory of Liquid Crystals....Pages 101-109
Finite-Time Thermodynamics and Simulated Annealing....Pages 111-127
Entropy, Information and Biological Materials....Pages 129-137
Phenomenological Macroscopic Symmetry in Dissipative Nonlinear Systems....Pages 139-158
The Provision of Global Energy....Pages 159-173
Multiple Source Photovoltaics....Pages 175-195
Coupled Transport of Heat and Mass. Theory and Applications....Pages 197-219
Lagrangian and Network Formulations of Nonlinear Electrochemical Systems....Pages 221-239
Back Matter....Pages 241-247
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