Thermodynamics, Second Law of
The second law of thermodynamics as a force law
... The second law of thermodynamics states the increase of entropy, ∆S > 0, for real processes from state A to state B at constant energy from chemistry over biological life and engines to cosmic ...
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A Physical Basis for the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Quantum Nonunitarity
... the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the statement that entropy S can never decrease for closed systems: ≥ ...This law is corroborated ubiquitously at the usual macroscopic level of ...
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On the issue that Finite Element discretizations violate, nodally, Clausius’s postulate of the second law of thermodynamics
... Quite similarly to the examples mentioned above, this informative research paper deals with the issue of the compatibility of spatial discretizations with respect to Clausius’s pos- tulate of second law of ...
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Evolution and the Second Law of Thermodynamics: Effectively Communicating to Non-technicians
... Abstract Given the degree of disbelief in the theory of evolution by the wider public, scientists need to develop a collection of clear explanations and metaphors that demon- strate the working of the theory and the ...
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The Continuous Galerkin Finite Element Method Is ot NaturallyC onsistent with the Second Law of Thermodynamics
... first law of thermody- ...the second law of ...the second law of ...the second law, which asserts that total entropy can never ...
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Information erasure and the generalized second law of black hole thermodynamics
... of thermodynamics and black hole mechanics was noted, as a curiosity without physical implications, in a seminal paper by Bardeen, Carter and Hawking ...ordinary second law of thermodynamics, ...
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Second Law of Thermodynamics Formalism Applied to Finite Duration through Cycles of Living Dissipative Systems
... A simple and general theory to describe basic irreversible thermodynamic aspects of aging in all dissipative living is presented. Any dissipative system during its operation continuously loses effi- ciency by the ...
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Analysis of Cogeneration Based Wet Ethanol Operated HCCI Engine Using First and Second Law of Thermodynamics
... and second law of thermodynamics for wet ethanol operated homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) engine for cogeneration ...and second law efficiencies of the ...and ...
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Removing the entropy from the definition of entropy: clarifying the relationship between evolution, entropy, and the second law of thermodynamics
... the second law of thermodynamics drives systems to less complexity, less ...the second law drives systems towards less order, evolution (towards more complexity) is ...
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"A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of thermodynamics
... of thermodynamics. We review here some aspects of thermodynamics that bear on weight loss and the effect of macronutrient ...of thermodynamics are relevant to the systems considered in nutrition and, ...
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Popovia johnrolandi n.sp., a new smaller agglutinated foraminifera from northern Venezuela: a biostratigraphic example of the second law of thermodynamics
... Popovia johnrolandi n.sp. displays a morphological trend through time that provides us with a bio- stratigraphic example of the second law of thermo- dynamics. The taxon displays a clear propensity towards ...
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Energy and Second Law of Thermodynamics Analysis of Shower Cooling Tower with Variation in Inlet Air Temperature
... A shower cooling tower (SCT) operates without fill because of salt decomposition on the fill that leads to deterioration of conventional cooling tower performance. This study presents a two-dimensional mathematical model ...
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Exergy Analysis of Combined Cycle Power Plant using Second Law of Thermodynamics
... In this study. Currently GT 1 and HRSG#1 are active while GT 2 and HRSG#2 are both inactive, so thermo-physical properties is available only for GT1 and HRSG#1. Energy analysis of an active CCPP (Combined Cycle Power ...
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Chaos and Case or Implementation of the Program of Evolution of Space
... vides an experimental determination of the entropy value. At the same time, it is suggested not to define entropy but irreversibility— ω —as the key characteristic of thermodynamics second law for ...
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Modified f(R) Gravity and Thermodynamics of Time Dependent Wormholes at Event Horizon
... the thermodynamics of these wormholes. By applying the area law of thermodynamics and using the Gibbs equation, the variation of total entropy at event horizon has been ...generalized second ...
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Modeling fluid dynamics and aerodynamics by second law and Bejan number (part 1 theory)
... of second law based thermodynamic equations? Is it possible to solve and manage fluid dynamics problems by mean of second law of thermodynamics? This chapter analyses the problem of the ...
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Representation of the Basic Laws of Thermodynamics in Quantum Mechanics
... of thermodynamics and the essence of the second law are that this list, X and Y , such as X Y , can be simply encoded by the entropy function S defined on a set of all states of systems (including ...
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Cosmic Illusions
... black-hole thermodynamics, entropy bounds, inflation cosmology, and the lack of gravitational aberration is ...radiation law which equates the rates of absorption and emission of energy in any given ...
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Using the laws of thermodynamics to understand how matrix metalloproteinases coordinate the myocardial response to injury
... of thermodynamics as an analogy, we present here three laws for categorizing the post-MI LV remodeling ...first law is that the LV will attempt to maintain equilibrium and com- pensate as a way to maximize ...
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Analysis of Energy Efficiency in India
... of thermodynamics describes the behavior of energy-the first law states that energy can be transformed from one form to another, but cannot be created or ...The second law states that some ...
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