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The concepts of entransy flux and entransy dissipation in radiative heat transfer were introduced based on the analogy with heat conduction and heat convection processes. Entransy will be partially dissipated during the radiative heat transfer processes due to the irreversibility. The extremum principle of entransy dissipation was developed for optimizing radiative heat transfer processes. This principle states that for a fixed boundary temperature the radiative heat transfer is optimized when the entransy dissipation is maximized, while for a fixed boundary heat flux the radiative heat transfer process is optimized when the entransy dissipation is minimized. Finally, examples for the application of the entransy dissipation extremum principle are presented.
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Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (“973” Project) (Grant No. 2007CB206901)
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Wu, J., Liang, X. Application of entransy dissipation extremum principle in radiative heat transfer optimization. Sci. China Ser. E-Technol. Sci. 51, 1306–1314 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-008-0141-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-008-0141-6