Prigogine thermodynamics for dummies
Thermodynamics problems.
Prigogine's theorem
Theorem of thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes
Prigogine's theorem is a theorem of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, originally formulated by Ilya Prigogine.
Prigogine thermodynamics for dummies
The formulation of Prigogine's theorem is:
In a stationary state, the production of entropy inside a thermodynamic system with constant external parameters is minimal and constant. If the system is not in a stationary state, then it will change until the entropy production rate, or, in other words, the dissipative function of the system, takes the smallest value.
According to this theorem, the stationary state of a linear non-equilibrium system (under conditions that prevent the achievement of an equilibrium state) corresponds to the minimum entropy production.[1] If there are no such obstacles, then the production of entropy reaches its absolute minimum - zero.
A linear system means the fulfillment of linear phenomenological relationships between thermodynamic flows and driving