Relationship between the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium state and the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium processes

The concept and equations of the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium state are compared with the postulates of linear thermodynamics of nonequilibrium processes. It is shown that all the four basic postulates can be obtained as consequences of the equations of the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium state. In the limiting case of small deviations from equilibrium, the thermodynamics of nonequilibrium state are reduced to linear thermodynamics of nonequilibrium processes.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 10–14, December, 1990.