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Thermodynamic foundations of an information-based systems approach to designing complex engineering objects with hierarchical structure using macrolevel and microlevel models are presented in application to chemical engineering systems. The hierarchical structure of a chemical engineering system is characterized by three levels: the system as a whole, chemical-engineering processes (elements of the system), and microstates (results of transformations). The design of the elements of the system is based on the thermodynamic model at the microlevel. After a certain formalization of matter and energy transformations, this model characterizes the process of information acquisition. The design of the chemical engineering system on the macrolevel is described by a model of a stochastic process of the fluctuation of average process energy levels. This model establishes the coordinated operation of the elements of the system according to the zeroth law of thermodynamics. A minimax problem of the optimal design of a complex engineering object is formulated. The problem is based on a combination of three laws of thermodynamics: the first, the second, and the zeroth, which allows one to achieve emergent properties of the system as a whole.
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Naletov, V.A., Kolesnikov, V.A. & Glebov, M.B. Thermodynamic Foundations of an Information-Based Systems Approach to Designing Complex Engineering Objects. Theor Found Chem Eng 54, 456–464 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579520020128
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