Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Research and Publications
Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics in Engineering and Science
ORCID IDs
Demirel 0000-0002-8183-0991
Date of this Version
1-2004
Citation
Journal of Physical Chemistry B (January 2004) 108(1): 31-43
Abstract
The field of nonequilibrium thermodynamics has been a popular one outside the United States, especially in Europe, and scientists there from various disciplines have published extensively on the use of nonequilibrium thermodynamics in a large variety of biological, chemical, and mechanical engineering applications. In contrast, the number of publications from North America has been relatively modest. Here, we review the field of nonequilibrium thermodynamics to assess its utility and impact in engineering and science. We find that developments in the fields thermodynamic optimality of processes, dissipative structures, coupled transport and rate processes, and biological systems suggest that in some circumstances nonequilibrium thermodynamics can be quite useful.
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