Thermodynamic and stochastic theory of hydrodynamic and power-producing processes

Technical Report · Wed Sep 16 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7186706· OSTI ID:7186706

Ross, J

Thermodynamics of the transport processes of diffusion, thermal conduction, and viscous flow at a macroscopic level are developed for the simplest cases of one-dimensional transport in fluids for individual linear and nonlinear processes approaching a stationary non-equilibrium state. Formulation has started of thermodynamic and stochastic theory of combinations of transport processes. Global thermodynamic and stochastic theory of open chemical systems frar from equilibrium is continued with analysis of a broad class of isothermal, multicomponent reaction mechanisms with multiple steady states with assumed local equilibrium. Stationary solutions are obtained of the master equation for single and multi-intermediate autocatalytic chemical systems. A kinetic potential is identified that governs the deterministic time evolution of coupled tank reactors. A second-order response theory was developed to investigate the effects of external periodic perturbations on a chemical reaction at a stable steady state in an open reactor.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-86ER13479
• OSTI ID: 7186706
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/13479-T2; ON: DE93006891
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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