The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes

Autor: Milan Brumen, Davor Juretić, Dražen Petrov, Željana Bonačić Lošić, Domagoj Kuić, Paško Županović
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Entropy, Vol 12, Iss 5, Pp 996-1005 (2010)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1099-4300
DOI: 10.3390/e12050996
Popis: 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.
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