Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
Transport and Rate Processes in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems

Fully revised and modified edition on transport and rate processes in chemical, physical and biological systems using a nonequilibrium thermodynamic approach

Yasar Demirel (Author), Vincent Gerbaud (Author)

9780444641120, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 29 November 2018

880 pages
23.4 x 19 x 5.3 cm, 1.81 kg

Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics: Transport and Rate Processes in Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems, Fourth Edition emphasizes the unifying role of thermodynamics in analyzing natural phenomena. This updated edition expands on the third edition by focusing on the general balance equations for coupled processes of physical, chemical and biological systems. Updates include stochastic approaches, self-organization criticality, ecosystems, mesoscopic thermodynamics, constructual law, quantum thermodynamics, fluctuation theory, information theory, and modeling the coupled biochemical systems. The book also emphasizes nonequilibrium thermodynamics tools, such as fluctuation theories, mesoscopic thermodynamic analysis, information theories, and quantum thermodynamics in describing and designing small scale systems.

1. Fundamentals of equilibrium thermodynamics 2. Transport and rate processes 3. Fundamentals of nonequilibrium thermodynamics 4. Using the second law: thermodynamic analysis 5. Thermoeconomics 6. Diffusion 7. Heat and mass transfer 8. Chemical reactions 9. Coupled systems of chemical reactions and transport processes 10. Membrane transport 11. Thermodynamics and biological systems 12. Stability analysis 13. Organized structures 14. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics approaches 15. Probabilistic approach in thermodynamics

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Thermochemistry & chemical thermodynamics [PNRW], Physical chemistry [PNR], Thermodynamics & heat [PHH]