Research on the Synergistic Effect of Linear Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes
By the use of matrix theory the synergistic effect of linear thermodynamics of irreversible processes is analyzed.By analogy to the vector space,the inner product of thermodynamic flux space and synergistic coefficient is defined.Synergistic coefficient is the reflection of synergy degree of two irreversible processes.The synergistic matrix and synergistic coefficient matrix are derived from the phenomenological coefficient matrix.The quadratic form of synergistic matrix corresponding to heat conduction process is dissipation function.For the isolated system,the derivative with respect to time of quadratic form of synergistic matrix is negative.So the quadratic form of synergistic matrix can be regarded as a Lyapunov function of the system.
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