Modeling electric discharges with entropy production rate principles

Entropy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1042-1054

  Christen, Thomas ^a  

^a Corporate Research ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charge injection; Electric arc; Entropy production rate principles; Prigogine principle; Steenbeck principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951065649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10994300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e11041042     Document Type: Article

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