Entanglement entropy is often speculated as a strong candidate for the origin of the black-hole entropy. To judge whether this speculation is true or not, it is effective to investigate the whole structure of thermodynamics obtained from the entanglement entropy, rather than just to examine the apparent structure of the entropy alone or to compare it with that of the black hole entropy. It is b...

1. Integrating Epistemology of Thermodynamics and of Biological Evolutionary Systems 1.1 Entropy and Biological Evolution 1.2 Biosphere, Entropy, and Dissipative Structures 2. Thermodynamics of Ecosystems and of Biological Evolution 2.1 The Time Paradox: Towards an Evolutionary Thermodynamics 2.2 Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics 3. Towards an Evolutionary Physics 3.1 A New Concept: Ecodynamics 4....

Finite-time thermodynamics is the extension of traditional reversible thermodynamics to include the extra requirement that the process in question goes to completion in a specified finite length of time. As such it is by definition a branch of irreversible thermodynamics, but unlike most other versions of irreversible thermodynamics, finite-time thermodynamics does not require or assume any kno...

During the past 30 years, research in general relativity has brought to light strong hints of a very deep and fundamental relationship between gravitation, thermodynamics, and quantum theory. The most striking indication of such a relationship comes from black hole thermodynamics, where it appears that certain laws of black hole mechanics are, in fact, simply the ordinary laws of thermodynamics...

Quantum thermodynamics addresses the emergence of thermodynamic laws from quantum mechanics. The viewpoint advocated is based on the intimate connection of quantum thermodynamics with the theory of open quantum systems. Quantum mechanics inserts dynamics into thermodynamics, giving a sound foundation to finite-time-thermodynamics. The emergence of the 0-law, I-law, II-law and III-law of thermod...

15.1. The First Law of Thermodynamics • Define the first law of thermodynamics. • Describe how conservation of energy relates to the first law of thermodynamics. • Identify instances of the first law of thermodynamics working in everyday situations, including biological metabolism. • Calculate changes in the internal energy of a system, after accounting for heat transfer and work done. 15.2. Th...

conclusions the study results showed that by increasing the initial dye concentration and contact time, the adsorption capacity increased, as well. moreover, the thermodynamic parameters (δh °, δg °, and δs °) revealed the endothermic sorption of rr-198 onto mwcnts. results the rr-198 absorption rates were 33.26 and 222.88 mg/g, respectively for 20, and 200 mg/l dye concentration, at ph of 3, 6...

the adsorption thermodynamic characteristic of cu2+ from aqueous solution onto humin andalso humic acid from a typical black soil in northeast china were examined at three different temperatures(298, 318 and 338 k) by batch isotherm experiments. results showed that humin was structurally differentfrom humic acid. the increase of temperature had a positive effect on the adsorption process. freun...

Material volumes and material particles 2 Laws for material particles 3 Mass conservation 3 Newton’s law of (non-relativistic) linear motion 3 Newton’s law applied to angular momentum 4 First law of thermodynamics 4 Second law of thermodynamics 4 Laws for finite material volumes 5 Mass conservation 5 Motion (linear momentum) 5 Motion (angular momentum) 6 First law of thermodynamics 6 Second law...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Aki Kutvonen Name of the doctoral dissertation Non-Markovian environments and information exchange in stochastic thermodynamics Publisher School of Science Unit Department of Applied Physics Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 15/2016 Field of research Theoretical and Computational Physics Manuscr...