1208.0177 (Umberto Lucia)

Gouy-Stodola Theorem as a variational principle for open systems    [PDF]

Umberto Lucia

The recent researches in non equilibrium and far from equilibrium systems have been proved to be useful for their applications in di?erent disciplines and many subjects. A general principle to approach all these phenomena with a unique method of analysis is required in science and engineering: a variational principle would have this fundamental role. Here, the Gouy-Stodola theorem is proposed to be this general variational principle, both proving that it satis?es the above requirements and relating it to a statistical results on entropy production.

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