On the problem of formulating principles in nonequilibrium thermodynamics

DOI10.3390/E12040926MaRDI QIDQ653368zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paško Županović, Domagoj Kuić, Davor Juretić, Andrej Dobovišek

Publication date 9 January 2012

Published in Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/e12040926

zbMATH Keywords

entropy productionrelaxationstationary process

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations of time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C03)

Review text

Summary: We consider the choice of a system suitable for the formulation of principles in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. It is argued that an isolated system is a much better candidate than a system in contact with a bath. In other words, relaxation processes rather than stationary processes are more appropriate for the formulation of principles in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Arguing that slow varying relaxation can be described with quasi-stationary process, it is shown for two special cases, linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics and linearized Boltzmann equation, that solutions of these problems are in accordance with the maximum entropy production principle.

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