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A. Stahl, J. U. Keller

The Entropic Waste Problem in Energy Engineering, Economy, and Ecology

In ecology, economy and also in technology we are dealing with open dissipative systems. The long term stability of such systems in either cyclic processes or in stationary states is due to their ability to export their surplus of entropy. For this process valuable low entropy resources are consumed and transformed into waste. This mechanism determines to a large extent the efficiency of open dissipative systems. This is illustrated by selected examples from energy and environmental engineering, biology and global ecology.

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0340-0204
Volume: 24, 12/1999
Pages: 260 - 279

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