shown that the entransy is a state variable and can be employed to describe the second law of thermodynamics. For heat … conduction, a principle of minimum entransy dissipation is established based on the second law of thermodynamics in terms of … thermodynamics, which paves the way for applications of the entransy dissipation theory in heat exchanger design. …

thermodynamic cycle performance with the combination of entransy theory and thermodynamics. The heat transfer processes in a gas … refrigeration cycle are analyzed by entransy theory and the heat-work conversion processes are analyzed by thermodynamics. The …

the entransy theory and thermodynamics, with the ratio of the net power output to the ratio of the total thermal … power output corresponds to the maximal entransy loss and the change points of the heat source outlet temperature and the … change rates for the entropy generation and the entransy dissipation. Moreover, the net power output and the total thermal …

established from the Fourier law. Furthermore based on the thermodynamics in terms of entransy a more general functional is …

is developed based on the entransy theory. In the optimization process, the total low-temperature heat consumed by the … increase as the entransy efficiency increases in the optimization process. The entransy efficiency has a definite physical …-parameter optimization approach taking entransy efficiency as the objective function is very effective in the optimization design of IAH …

the concept of entransy-dissipation-based thermal resistance (EDTR), we introduce an equivalent thermal circuit to …

The purpose of this article is to assess the value of entransy for use in the thermal system engineering domain and in … particular for design. The conclusion is that use of entransy is not recommended. This finding is in keeping with increasing … concise discussions of salient entransy aspects and the presentation is shaped to reach a broad technical audience …

. Exploring subjects as diverse as economics and the theories of thermodynamics, the author revisits the paradox of the apparent … conflict between the laws of thermodynamics and evolution to arrive at a systems theory, tracing a continuous line of evolving …