SOME OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA FOR BIOLOGICAL-SYSTEMS IN LINEAR IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS

Authors
SANTILLAN M ARIASHERNANDEZ LA ANGULOBROWN F
Citation
M. Santillan et al., SOME OPTIMIZATION CRITERIA FOR BIOLOGICAL-SYSTEMS IN LINEAR IRREVERSIBLE THERMODYNAMICS, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 19(1), 1997, pp. 99-109
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03926737
Volume
19
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
99 - 109
Database
ISI
SICI code
0392-6737(1997)19:1<99:SOCFBI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
In the present work, some optimum working regimes for linear energy co nverters are analyzed from a thermodynamical point of view. The regime s studied are minimum entropy production, maximum power output and ano ther one which represents a good compromise between high power output and low entropy production. The analysis is made within the domain of linear irreversible thermodynamics. Finally, the possibility that some biological systems satisfy these criteria is discussed.