TY - BOOK AU - Kjelstrup,Signe TI - Non-equilibrium thermodynamics for engineers SN - 9789814322157 U1 - 536.73 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Singapore, Hackensack, NJ PB - World Scientific KW - Nonequilibrium thermodynamics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [231-244) and index; Scope -- Why non-equilibrium thermodynamics? -- The entropy production of one-dimensional transport processes -- Flux equations and transport coefficients -- Non-isothermal multi-component diffusion -- Systems with shear flow -- Chemical reactions -- The lost work in the aluminum electrolysis -- The state of minimum entropy production and optimal control theory -- The state of minimum entropy production in selected process units ER -