Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Micro Technologies

Entropy (Basel). 2019 May 17;21(5):501. doi: 10.3390/e21050501.

Mohsen Torabi^{1

2}, Nader Karimi^{3

4}, Mostafa Ghiaasiaan¹, Somchai Wongwises⁵

¹ The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
² School of Engineering, University of California, Merced, CA 95343, USA.
³ School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
⁴ School of Computing and Engineering, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA.
⁵ Department of Mechanical Engineering, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.

Abstract

This is the Editorial article summarizing the scope and contents of the Special Issue, Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Micro Technologies.

Keywords: entropy generation; micro channels; micro reactors; micro thermofluidic systems; miniaturized cryocoolers.