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In this first chapter of Part III, I am going to develop an approach to the thermodynamics of spatially uniform fluid systems and processes which has been inspired by continuum thermodynamics. It demonstrates the application of the laws of balance as the starting point of a description of nature. In contrast to the method used in Part II, it does not assume the form of the relationship between currents of entropy and of energy in heating and in cooling. Moreover, it does not follow the historical path of using power cycles for developing the theory, as is common in thermodynamics.
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Fuchs, H.U. (2010). Thermodynamics of Spatially Uniform Systems. In: The Dynamics of Heat. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7604-8_11
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