ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC-PROCESS, THE CARNOT CYCLE AND THE ENTROPY LAW

被引：13

作者：

BIANCIARDI, C

DONATI, A

ULGIATI, S

机构：

[1] OIKOS, International Foundation for Ecological Economics, Siena, Villa di Basciano

[2] Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, 53100 Siena

[3] Department of Chemistry, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari

来源：

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS | 1993年 / 8卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1016/0921-8009(93)90027-4

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

The Carnot cycle, i.e., a reversible (ideal, not real) cycle carried out by an (ideal) heat-engine working with an (ideal) thermodynamic fluid, and the general concept of the thermodynamic cycle are sometimes used for comparisons with economic and biological (real) processes, supposing the latter resemble the former (Kummel, 1989; Mayumi, 1991). These comparisons provide a simple, useful way to account for very complex phenomena, but we should be aware that they are only a simplified model and not always applicable. Misunderstanding of this limitation (Khalil, 1990) may cause deep theoretical contradictions when a real process is considered. © 1993.

引用

页码：7 / 10

页数：4

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[5] Mayumi, Georgescu-Roegen's Fourth Law of Thermodynamics and the Flow-Fund model, Lecture held at the International Foundation for Ecological Economics OIKOS, (1991)

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