Non-isothermal diffusion in interconnected discrete-distributed systems: a variational approach

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Abstract

Motivated by compartmental analysis in engineering and biophysical systems, we present a variational framework for the nonequilibrium thermodynamics of systems involving both distributed and discrete (finite dimensional) subsystems by specifically using the ideas of interconnected systems. We focus on the process of non-isothermal diffusion and show how the resulting form of the entropy equation naturally yields phenomenological expressions for the diffusion and entropy fluxes between two compartments, which results in generalized forms of Robin type interface conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)68-73
Number of pages6
JournalIFAC-PapersOnLine
Volume55
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2022
Event4th IFAC Workshop on Thermodynamics Foundations of Mathematical Systems Theory, TFMST 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 25 Jul 202227 Jul 2022

Keywords

  • Lagrangian systems
  • Variational formulation
  • distributed systems
  • interconnected systems
  • non-isothermal diffusion
  • nonequilibrium thermodynamics

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