This book utilizes non-equilibrium thermodynamics to describe transport in complex, heterogeneous media. There are large coupling effects between transport of heat, mass, charge, and chemical reactions at surfaces, and it is important to know how one should properly integrate across systems where different phases are in contact. This book is the first to give a prescription of how to set up flux equations for transports across heterogeneous systems.
Review of the first edition:
“This is a very good book,maybe the best in nonequilibrium thermodynamics in the past few years. As the book is restricted mostly to homogeneous systems and assumes preliminary knowledge of equilibrium thermodynamics and the basic balances of continuum physics, it is comprehensible and recommended to everybody who is interested in the application areas of the book or in non-equilibrium thermodynamics in general, both for engineers and researchers.”
Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics