There is an acknowledged growing need for efficient and sustainable systems that use
available energy resources in an “optimal”(including constraints) way. Such a goal cannot …

Performance improvement of convective heat transfer processes is significant for energy
conservation. Considering the trade-off between the heat transfer enhancement and the …

Our aim is to propose a theory which goes beyond the classical formulation of
thermodynamics. This is achieved by enlarging the space of basic independent variables …

Our time is characterized by an explosion of information and by an acceleration of
knowledge. A book cannot compete with the huge amount of data available on the Web …

The aim of this book is to present a systematic theory of transport for heterogeneous
systems. The theory is an extension of non-equilibrium thermodynamics for transport in …

A nonequilibrium method for calculating the shear viscosity is presented. It reverses the
cause-and-effect picture customarily used in nonequilibrium molecular dynamics: the effect …

The aim of this book is to present the essence of non-equilibrium thermodynamics and its
use for engineers. The field was established in 1931 and developed during the forties and …

Concepts of everyday use such as energy, heat, and temperature have acquired a precise
meaning after the development of thermodynamics. Thermodynamics provides the basis for …

Multicomponent diffusion in liquids is ubiquitous in (bio) chemical processes. It has gained
considerable and increasing interest as it is often the rate limiting step in a process. In this …

This study uses the molecular dynamics computational technique to investigate the thermal
conductivity of solid thin films in the direction perpendicular to the film plane. In order to …