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The first step in any thermodynamic consideration is to identify the system that one wishes to describe. Any complex system, e.g., a power plant, can be seen as a compound of some–or many–smaller and simpler systems that interact with each other. For the basic understanding of the thermodynamic laws it is best to begin with the simplest system, and study more complex systems later as assemblies of these simple systems.
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Struchtrup, H. (2014). Systems, States, and Processes. In: Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43715-5_2
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