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Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems
- 1st Edition - May 20, 2016
- Author: Stanislaw Sieniutycz
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 5 4 6 2 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 9 3 3 9 - 9
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Request a sales quoteThermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems responds to the need for a synthesizing volume that throws light upon the extensive field of thermodynamics from a chemical engineering perspective that applies basic ideas and key results from the field to chemical engineering problems.
This book outlines and interprets the most valuable achievements in applied non-equilibrium thermodynamics obtained within the recent fifty years. It synthesizes nontrivial achievements of thermodynamics in important branches of chemical and biochemical engineering. Readers will gain an update on what has been achieved, what new research problems could be stated, and what kind of further studies should be developed within specialized research.
- Presents clearly structured chapters beginning with an introduction, elaboration of the process, and results summarized in a conclusion
- Written by a first-class expert in the field of advanced methods in thermodynamics
- Provides a synthesis of recent thermodynamic developments in practical systems
- Presents very elaborate literature discussions from the past fifty years
Scientists in academia and industry, chemical engineers, and students in chemistry, electrochemistry, and biochemistry
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Contemporary Thermodynamics for Engineering Systems
- Abstract
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Basic Structure of Nonequilibrium Thermodynamic Theory
- 1.3. Extremum Properties of Thermodynamic Systems
- 1.4. Classical Motion of Heat Quasiparticles in Thermal Field
- 1.5. Thermodynamic Geometries
- 1.6. A Finite Rate Exergy
- 1.7. Thermodynamics of Transport and Rate Processes
- 1.8. Complex Thermodynamic Systems
- Chapter 2: Variational Approaches to Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
- Abstract
- 2.1. Introduction: State of Art, Aims, and Scope
- 2.2. Systems With Heat and Mass Transfer Without Chemical Reaction
- 2.3. Gradient Representations of Thermal Fields
- 2.4. Inclusion of Chemical Processes
- 2.5. Change of Thermodynamic Potential
- 2.6. From Adjoined Constraints to Potential Representations of Thermal Fields
- 2.7. Action Functional for Hyperbolic Transport of Heat
- 2.8. Evolution Described by Single Poissonian Brackets
- 2.9. Extension of Theory to Multiphase Systems
- 2.10. Final Remarks
- Chapter 3: Wave Equations of Heat and Mass Transfer
- Abstract
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Relaxation Theory of Heat Flux
- 3.3. Extended Thermodynamics of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer
- 3.4. Various Forms of Wave Equations for Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer
- 3.5. Stability of Dissipative Wave Systems
- 3.6. Variational Principles
- 3.7. Other Applications
- 3.8. High-Frequency Behavior of Thermodynamic Systems
- 3.9. Further Work
- Chapter 4: Classical and Anomalous Diffusion
- Abstract
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Classical Picture of Diffusion
- 4.3. Introducing Anomalous Diffusion
- 4.4. Compte’s and Jou’s (1996) Treatment
- 4.5. Zanette’s (1999) Treatment
- 4.6. Discussion of Selected Works
- Chapter 5: Thermodynamic Lapunov Functions and Stability
- Abstract
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Qualitative Properties of Paths Around Equilibrium and Pseudoequilibrium Points
- 5.3. Stability of Steady States Close to Equilibrium
- 5.4. Chemically Reacting Systems, Fluctuations, and Turbulent Flows
- 5.5. Periodic States, Oscillatory Systems, and Chaotic Solutions
- 5.6. Stability of Thermal Fields in Resting and Flow Systems Far From Equilibrium
- 5.7. New Approach to Lapunov Functions and Functionals
- 5.8. Further Work
- 5.9. Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 6: Analyzing Drying Operations in Thermodynamic Diagrams
- Abstract
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Modeling of Moisture Extraction in Drying Systems
- 6.3. Graphical Approach to Drying of Single Grain and Drying in Fluidized Beds
- 6.4. Grain Drying in Countercurrent, Crosscurrent, and Concurrent Gas Flows
- 6.5. Graphical Classification of Experimental Data
- 6.6. Concluding Remarks
- 6.7. Appendix: Some Associated Drying Problems
- Chapter 7: Frictional Fluid Flow Through Inhomogeneous Porous Bed
- Abstract
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. A Discrete Model Leading to a Bending Law
- 7.3. Bending of Fluid Paths in Inhomogeneous Porous System
- 7.4. Variational Approach to Nonlinear Darcy’s Flow
- 7.5. Use of Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman Theory
- 7.6. Extensions to Other Systems
- 7.7. Example
- 7.8. Final Remarks
- Chapter 8: Thermodynamics and Optimization of Practical Processes
- Abstract
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Backgrounds for Optimizing in Thermodynamic Systems
- 8.3. Mathematical Methods of Optimization
- 8.4. Sorption Models for Minimal Catalyst Deactivation
- 8.5. An Excursion to Bejan’s Constructal Theory
- 8.6. Discussion of Research Works
- Chapter 9: Thermodynamic Controls in Chemical Reactors
- Abstract
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Stoichiometry of General Chemical Reactions
- 9.3. Driving Forces of Transport and Rate Processes
- 9.4. Nonlinear Macrokinetics of Chemical Processes
- 9.5. Heterogeneities, Affinities, and Chemical Ohm’s Law
- 9.6. Other Important Results Advancing the Field
- 9.7. Stability and Fluctuations in Chemical Reactions
- 9.8. Instabilities and Limit Cycles
- 9.9. Chaos and Fractals in Chemical Word
- 9.10. Power Yield in Chemical Engines
- Chapter 10: Power Limits in Thermochemical Units, Fuel Cells, and Separation Systems
- Abstract
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Internal Dissipation in Steady Thermal Systems
- 10.3. Selected Results for Dynamical Thermal Systems
- 10.4. Radiation Engines by the Stefan–Boltzmann Equations
- 10.5. Hamiltonians and Canonical Equations
- 10.6. Simple Chemical and Electrochemical Systems
- 10.7. Power Yield and Power Limits in FCs
- 10.8. Exergy and Second Law Analyses of FC Systems
- 10.9. Limits on Power Consumption in Thermochemical Systems
- 10.10. Estimate of Minimum Power Supplied to Power Consumers
- 10.11. Final Remarks
- Chapter 11: Thermodynamic Aspects of Engineering Biosystems
- Abstract
- 11.1. Introduction
- 11.2. Control of Biological Reactions and Decaying Enzymes
- 11.3. Biophysics and Bioenergetics
- 11.4. Power Yield and Exergy-Valued Biofuels
- 11.5. Ecology and Ecological Optimization
- 11.6. Fractals and Erythrocytes
- 11.7. Animal Locomotion and Pulsating Physiologies
- 11.8. Thermostatistics of Helix-Coil Transitions
- 11.9. Biochemical Cycles in Living Cells
- 11.10. Elucidation of Protein Sequence–Structure Relations
- 11.11. Complexity, Self-organization, Evolution, and Life
- Chapter 12: Multiphase Flow Systems
- Abstract
- 12.1. Introduction
- 12.2. Aspects of Thermodynamics of Surfaces and Interfaces
- 12.3. Heating or Cooling Policies Minimizing Entropy Production
- 12.4. Optimal Control in Imperfect Multiphase Systems
- 12.5. Turbulent Mixtures, Instabilities, and Phase Transitions
- 12.6. Multiphase Chemical Reactors and Regenerators
- 12.7. Final Remarks
- Chapter 13: Radiation and Solar Systems
- Abstract
- 13.1. Introduction
- 13.2. Basic Problems in Radiation Thermodynamics
- 13.3. Conversion of Solar Flux into a Heating Medium
- 13.4. Maximum of Exergy or Work Fluxes in Radiation Systems
- 13.5. Solar Buildings and Solar Systems
- 13.6. Closing Remarks
- Chapter 14: Appendix: A Causal Approach to Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer
- Abstract
- 14.1. Introduction
- 14.2. Action, Lagrangian and Thermohydrodynamic Potentials
- 14.3. Basic Information on Thermal Inertia
- 14.4. Matter Tensor of General Relativistic Theory
- 14.5. Thermal Mass and Modified Temperatures
- 14.6. Tensor of Matter Including Heat and Viscous Stress
- 14.7. Conclusions and Final Remarks
- References
- Glossary
- Subject Index
- No. of pages: 738
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 20, 2016
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128054628
- eBook ISBN: 9780128093399
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Stanislaw Sieniutycz
Stanislaw Sieniutycz is a former member of the Committee of Engineering at the Polish Academy of Sciences and also a professor of chemical engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. His research focuses on problems of chemical, environmental, ecological, and biomechanical engineering with emphasis on analysis, control, and optimization of these systems. He is a former member of the Editorial Board of Open System and Information Dynamics and an honorary editor of the Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics. He has served as an associate editor of Advances in Thermodynamics Series and Energy & Conversion Management. He has published 12 books, 250 articles, and 152 conference papers. He has been a visiting professor at the University of Budapest, University of Bern, University of San Diego, University of Delaware, and University of Chicago.
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Professor of Chemical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, PolandRead Thermodynamic Approaches in Engineering Systems on ScienceDirect