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  2. Thermodynamic system - Wikipedia

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    Properties of isolated, closed, and open thermodynamic systems in exchanging energy and matter. A thermodynamic system is a body of matter and/or radiation separate from its surroundings that can be studied using the laws of thermodynamics.

  3. Closed system - Wikipedia

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    A closed system is a natural physical system that does not allow transfer of matter in or out of the system, ... closed, and open systems in exchanging energy and matter.

  4. Closed system (control theory) - Wikipedia

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    The basic characteristics of an open system is the dynamic interaction of its components, while the basis of a cybernetic model is the feedback cycle. Open systems can tend toward higher levels of organization (negative entropy), while closed systems can only maintain or decrease in organization." [1]

  5. Open system (systems theory) - Wikipedia

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    Open systems have input and output flows, representing exchanges of matter, energy or information with its surroundings. An open system is a system that has external interactions. Such interactions can take the form of information, energy, or material transfers into or out of the system boundary, depending on the discipline which defines the ...

  6. Isolated system - Wikipedia

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    Properties of Isolated, closed, and open systems in exchanging energy and matter. In physical science, an isolated system is either of the following: a physical system so far removed from other systems that it does not interact with them. a thermodynamic system enclosed by rigid immovable walls through which neither mass nor energy can pass.

  7. First law of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    For the first law of thermodynamics, there is no trivial passage of physical conception from the closed system view to an open system view. [68] [69] For closed systems, the concepts of an adiabatic enclosure and of an adiabatic wall are fundamental. Matter and internal energy cannot permeate or penetrate such a wall. For an open system, there ...

  8. Thermodynamic equilibrium - Wikipedia

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    One such potential is the Helmholtz free energy (A), for a closed system at constant volume and temperature (controlled by a heat bath): = Another potential, the Gibbs free energy (G), is minimized at thermodynamic equilibrium in a closed system at constant temperature and pressure, both controlled by the surroundings:

  9. Control loop - Wikipedia

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    There are two common classes of control loop: open loop and closed loop. In an open-loop control system, the control action from the controller is independent of the process variable. An example of this is a central heating boiler controlled only by a timer. The control action is the switching on or off of the boiler.