Entropy and Entropy Generation Fundamentals and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Shiner, J. S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Understanding Chemical Reactivity ; 18
• Subjects: Physics.; Renewable energy resources.; Physical chemistry.; Thermodynamics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Physical Chemistry.; Renewable and Green Energy.

Entropy and entropy generation play essential roles in our understanding of many diverse phenomena ranging from cosmology to biology. Their importance is manifest in areas of immediate practical interest such as the provision of global energy as well as in others of a more fundamental flavour such a...