Advances in the Modelling of Thermodynamic Systems

Thermodynamics is a common field of studies in different specialties including physics, chemistry, mechanics, geology and cosmology. In doing so, thermodynamics may be useful for human made industrial processes related to materials studies, renewable energy, heat and mass transfer, heat pump and air conditioning. Furthermore, thermodynamics proves to be vital for the understanding of natural macro-processes related to geology, areology (Martian geology) and cosmology as well as micro-processes related to quantum thermodynamics. This book collects recent advances in modeling of thermodynamic systems as well as the state of the art of many disciplines including human made industrial processes (materials studies, renewable energy, heat and mass transfer, and heat pump and air conditioning) and natural processes taking place on Earth, Mars and the universe. In doing so, this book reveals an interdisciplinary vision of thermodynamics.