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The upper bound on average productivity and efficiency and the lower b
ounds on entropy production of an irreversible cyclic separation proce
ss with space-variable temperature and chemical-potential reservoirs a
re calculated via the generalized formalism of finite-time thermodynam
ics. The working fluid is described by partial differential equations,
containing controls and parameters in the boundary conditions.