Entropy versus entransy

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 259-271

  Grazzini, Giuseppe ^a   Borchiellini, Romano ^b   Lucia, Umberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Entransy; Entropy; Irreversibility; Thermal efficiency

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL THERMODYNAMICS; ENTRANSY; ENTRANSY DISSIPATION; ENTROPY GENERATION ANALYSIS; IRREVERSIBILITY; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

EFFICIENCY; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY;

EID: 84887848007     PISSN: 03400204     EISSN: 14374358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jnetdy-2013-0008     Document Type: Article

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