More Stages Decrease Dissipation in Irreversible Step Processes
The dissipation in an irreversible step process is reduced when the number of steps is increased in any refinement of the steps in the process. This is a consequence of the ladder theorem, which states that, for any irreversible process proceeding by a sequence of relaxations, dividing any relaxatio...
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MDPI AG
2023-03-01
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