Publication Date:
1986
Abstract:
We review the constrained-equilibrium method for the description of the time-dependent behavior of dynamical systems in nonequilibrium states. The method is presented in a general mathematical framework that is relevant not only to thermodynamics and chemical kinetics, but also to economics, control theory and other sciences. We emphasize that a successful application of the method requires a deep understanding of the internal mechanisms governing the system dynamics and, in particular, their time scales and time invariants.
CRIS type:
2.1 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
CHEMICAL REACTIONS - Reaction Kinetics, ENERGY MANAGEMENT; CONSTRAINED EQUILIBRIUM, NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS
List of contributors:
Beretta, Gian Paolo; Keck, J. C.
Book title:
Computer-Aided Engineering of Energy Systems, Second Law Analysis and Modeling, Edited by R.A. Gaggioli, ASME Book H0341C-AES, Vol. 3,