The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes

The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes

It is shown that Onsager’s principle of the least dissipation of energy is equivalent to the maximum entropy production principle. It is known that solutions of the linearized Boltzmann equation make extrema of entropy production. It is argued, in the case of stationary processes, that this extremum...

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Veröffentlicht in:Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2010-05, Vol.12 (5), p.996-1005
Hauptverfasser: Županović, Paško, Kuić, Domagoj, Lošić, Željana Bonačić, Petrov, Dražen, Juretić, Davor, Brumen, Milan
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Sprache:eng
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entropy production
linear nonequilibrium thermodynamics
linearized Boltzmann equation
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Zusammenfassung:It is shown that Onsager’s principle of the least dissipation of energy is equivalent to the maximum entropy production principle. It is known that solutions of the linearized Boltzmann equation make extrema of entropy production. It is argued, in the case of stationary processes, that this extremum is a maximum rather than a minimum.
ISSN:1099-4300
1099-4300
DOI:10.3390/e12050996