The Maximum Entropy Production Principle and Linear Irreversible Processes
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Entropy
دوره 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010