In a simple model of Maxwell’s demon endowed with a Turing-type memory tape, we present an operational derivation of the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution in the equilibrium statistical mechanics. It is based solely on the combined gas law of the elementary thermodynamics for the model of the memory. Equilibrium is defined in terms of the stability of thermodynamic work F against noise, where F is...

The occurrence of contaminants in wastewaters, and their behavior during wastewater treatment and production of drinking water are key issues to re-use water resources. The present research aims to remove caffeine from aqueous solutions via adsorption technique, using Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTs) as an adsorbent under different experimental conditions. The processing variables such as p...

The Earth system is remarkably different from its planetary neighbours in that it shows pronounced, strong global cycling of matter. These global cycles result in the maintenance of a unique thermodynamic state of the Earth's atmosphere which is far from thermodynamic equilibrium (TE). Here, I provide a simple introduction of the thermodynamic basis to understand why Earth system processes oper...

In this work, five different thermodynamic models for correlating the fugacity of water and Tetrahydrofuran (THF) in liquid phase in equilibrium with hydrogen hydrate phase, based on the van der Waals–Platteeuw (vdW-P) statistical thermodynamic model are used and the equilibrium pressures of hydrogen hydrate at different temperatures are calculated. The dissociation pressure of binary hydrogen ...

A possible application of one-dimensional continuum (thermodynamic tree) in analysis of the model of extreme intermediate states (MEIS) with the constraints on macroscopic kinetics is studied. Properties of stage equilibrium manifolds corresponding to these constraints are revealed.