Kirchhoff’s loop law and the maximum entropy production principle

Paško Županović, Davor Juretić, and Srećko Botrić
Phys. Rev. E 70, 056108 – Published 16 November 2004

Abstract

In contrast to the standard derivation of Kirchhoff’s loop law, which invokes electric potential, we show, for the linear planar electric network in a stationary state at the fixed temperature, that loop law can be derived from the maximum entropy production principle. This means that the currents in network branches are distributed in such a way as to achieve the state of maximum entropy production.

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  • Received 22 January 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.056108

©2004 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Paško Županović* and Davor Juretić

  • Faculty of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Education, University of Split, Teslina 12, 21000 Split, Croatia

Srećko Botrić

  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, University of Split, Boškovićeva b.b. 21000 Split, Croatia

  • *Electronic address: pasko@pmfst.hr
  • Electronic address: juretic@pmfst.hr
  • Electronic address: srecko.botric@fesb.hr

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Vol. 70, Iss. 5 — November 2004

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