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SIPS 2017 Volume 2. Dodds Intl. Symp. / Energy Production

Editors:Kongoli F, Buhl A, Turna T, Mauntz M, Williams W, Rubinstein J, Fuhr PL, Morales-Rodriguez M
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2017
Pages:306 pages
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ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Thermodynamic Stability of Irreversible Processes: A Gibbs-Duhem Type Theory and the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics

    Anil A. Bhalekar1; Bjarne Andresen2;
    1RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY, Nagpur, India; 2UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, COPENHAGEN, Denmark;
    Type of Paper: Regular
    Id Paper: 144
    Topic: 17

    Abstract:

    The Gibbs-Duhem theory of stability of equilibrium states has been extended to determine the stability of irreversible processes. The basic concept of virtual displacement in the reverse direction on the real trajectory, which is involved in the celebrated Gibbs-Duhem theory, has been used. This establishes that all thermodynamically describable processes are thermodynamically stable. This outcome led us to reformulate the fourth law of thermodynamics. Moreover, our present investigations illustrate the basis of the universal inaccessibility principle formulated earlier by one of the present authors (AAB).

    Keywords:

    Energy; Materials; Sustainability;

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    Bhalekar A and Andresen B. (2017). Thermodynamic Stability of Irreversible Processes: A Gibbs-Duhem Type Theory and the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics. In Kongoli F, Buhl A, Turna T, Mauntz M, Williams W, Rubinstein J, Fuhr PL, Morales-Rodriguez M (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2017 Volume 2. Dodds Intl. Symp. / Energy Production (pp. 109-122). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach