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The first book to provide a comprehensive treatment integrating finite-time thermodynamics and optimal control, giving an overview of important breakthroughs in the last 20 years. It presents a survey of the optimization technique, including the basics of optimal control theory, and the principal thermodynamic concepts and equations.

Table of Contents

Mathematical Modeling of Thermodynamic Systems.

Optimization Methods.

Optimal Control Methods.

Limiting Possibilities of Heat-Mechanical Systems with One Reservoir.

Heat-Exchange Processes with Minimal Dissipation.

Optimization and Estimates of the Limiting Possibilities of Heat-Mechanical Systems with a Number of Reservoirs.

Limiting Possibilities of Complex Systems with a Number of Heat-Mechanical Systems.

Mass Transfer Processes with Minimal Irreversibility.

Thermodynamic Analysis of Separation Processes and Chemical Reactions.

Commodity Exchange in Economic Systems.

Bibliography.

Index.

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons
      Published 9 December 1999
      ISBN-13 9780471967521
      978-0471967521
      ISBN-10 0471967521
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      Mathematics Mathematical modelling Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The first book to provide a comprehensive treatment integrating finite-time thermodynamics and optimal control, giving an overview of important breakthroughs in the last 20 years. It presents a survey of the optimization technique, including the basics of optimal control theory, and the principal thermodynamic concepts and equations.

      Table of Contents

      Mathematical Modeling of Thermodynamic Systems.

      Optimization Methods.

      Optimal Control Methods.

      Limiting Possibilities of Heat-Mechanical Systems with One Reservoir.

      Heat-Exchange Processes with Minimal Dissipation.

      Optimization and Estimates of the Limiting Possibilities of Heat-Mechanical Systems with a Number of Reservoirs.

      Limiting Possibilities of Complex Systems with a Number of Heat-Mechanical Systems.

      Mass Transfer Processes with Minimal Irreversibility.

      Thermodynamic Analysis of Separation Processes and Chemical Reactions.

      Commodity Exchange in Economic Systems.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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