Description of Transfer Processes in a Locally Nonequilibrium Medium

• Main Author: Andrey N. Morozov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
• Series: Entropy
• Subjects: transfer processes; diffusion; irreversible processes; locally nonequilibrium medium; entropy production; flicker noise
• Online Access: http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/21/1/9
• ISSN: 1099-4300

This paper presents a description of the fluctuations in transfer processes in a locally nonequilibrium medium. We obtained equations which allow the fluctuations range to be determined for a transferred physical value. It was shown that the general method of describing fluctuations for the processes of diffusion, heat transfer, and viscous fluid flow can be applied. It was established that the fluctuation spectrum during the transfer processes has the character of flicker noise in the low-frequency spectral range.