Preparation, Encapsulation, and Performance Evaluation of Ternary Phase Change Materials for Building Envelope by Hongzhi Zhu, Bin Guo, Zhi Li

“…Through the phase change material composite method, it was adopted to carry out step cooling curve test and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) test, based on the second law of thermodynamics and the theory of phase equilibrium. …”
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The Second Law of Infodynamics: A Thermocontextual Reformulation by Harrison Crecraft

“…The TCI is firmly based on empirically validated postulates. The Second Law of thermodynamics and its information-based analog, MaxEnt, are logically derived corollaries. …”
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Bulk Viscous Bianchi Type VI0 Cosmological Model in the Self-creation Theory of Gravitation and in the General Theory of Relativity by E. A. Hegazy

“…Effect of the viscosity on the entropy of the universe is given by a composition of the second law of thermodynamics with the the energy momentum tensor Tji with bulk viscous term in a conservative manner. …”
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Efficiency Enhancement on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell system with anode off-gas recycle by evaluating entropy and exergy change by Hsin-Yi Lai, Hung-Ju Lin, Yen-Hsin Chan

“…To evaluate the effects of design configurations, the impact of high-temperature/low-temperature anode off-gas recycle (HT/LT-AGR) on system performance was investigated by calculating the entropy using the second law of thermodynamics. By analyzing the system with different AGR designs and considering the increasing entropy of heat components in the SOFC system, the efficiency calculations can be more practical and accurate.In this study, the working efficiency of the SOFC system with HT-AGR is 56.215 %, which is 4.7 % higher than with LT-AGR. …”
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A consistency assessment of coupled cohesive zone models for mixed-mode debonding problems by R. Dimitri, M. Trullo, G. Zavarise, L. De Lorenzis

“…A new thermodynamically consistent mixed-mode CZ model based on a reformulation of the Xu-Needleman model as modified by van den Bosch et al. is finally proposed and derived by applying the Coleman and Noll procedure in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics. The model holds monolithically for loading and unloading processes, as well as for decohesion and contact, and its performance is demonstrated through suitable examples.…”
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A consistency assessment of coupled cohesive zone models for mixed-mode debonding problems by R. Dimitri, M. Trullo, G. Zavarise, L. De Lorenzis

“…A new thermodynamically consistent mixed-mode CZ model based on a reformulation of the Xu-Needleman model as modified by van den Bosch et al. is finally proposed and derived by applying the Coleman and Noll procedure in accordance with the second law of thermodynamics. The model holds monolithically for loading and unloading processes, as well as for decohesion and contact, and its performance is demonstrated through suitable examples.…”
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The Role of Non-Genomic Information in Maintaining Thermodynamic Stability in Living Systems by Robert A. Gatenby, B. Roy Frieden

“…Living systems represent a local exception, albeittransient, to the second law of thermodynamics, which requiresentropy or disorder to increase with time. …”
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A critical review on enhancement and sustainability of energy systems: perspectives on thermo-economic and thermo-environmental analysis by Sunday O. Oyedepo, Mufutau A. Waheed, Fidelis I. Abam, Joseph O. Dirisu, Olusegun D. Samuel, Olusegun D. Samuel, Oluseyi O. Ajayi, Tosin Somorin, Abimbola P. I. Popoola, Oluwaseun Kilanko, Philip O. Babalola

“…The study evaluated the performance and optimization of energy systems and examined the different approaches that integrate the economic, environmental, and second law of thermodynamics for sustainable development. Moreover, to assess the technical, economic, and environmental worth of energy systems and guarantee that the chosen designs are well-suited to a sustainable development framework, a mix of thermodynamic, economic, and environmental indicators is taken into consideration. …”
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Optimization of performance under off-design conditions for dual-pressure organic Rankine cycle with hot source splitting by Shiqi Wang, Zhongyuan Yuan, Kim Tiow Ooi, Xiangyu Chang, Nanyang Yu

“…By using the first law of thermodynamics and the logarithmic mean temperature difference method, the MATLAB model of the system is established, and the net output power is optimized by particle swarm optimization. …”
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Holographic thermodynamic relation for dissipative and non-dissipative universes in a flat FLRW cosmology by Nobuyoshi Komatsu

“…To clarify such a modified thermodynamic relation, the present study applies a general formulation for cosmological equations in a flat Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) universe to the first law of thermodynamics, using the Bekenstein–Hawking entropy $$S_{\textrm{BH}}$$ S BH and a dynamical Kodama–Hayward temperature $$T_{\textrm{KH}}$$ T KH . …”
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