Review of Classical Thermodynamics

Classical thermodynamics provides valuable information that can assist in the solution of practical problems in many fields of science and engineering. In particular, when applied to coupled problems that include mechano-thermal and chemo-thermal phenomena, it gives extremely valuable results (see e.g., de Groot and Mazur 1962 Kestin 1979 Kondepudi and Prigogine 1998). An informative account of thermodynamics of solids is given by Ericksen (1991). 

Classical thermodynamics involves three central concepts the principle of conservation of energy (i.e., the First Law of Thermodynamics), the existence of entropy (i.e., the first part of the Second Law of Thermodynamics) and the concept of increasing entropy (i.e., the second part of the Second Law of Thermodynamics). There are, however, some as yet unresolved issues in classical thermodynamics that are open to interpretation. 

Ichikawa and A.P.S. Selvadurai, Transport Phenomena in Porous Media, 

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Early chapters give good review of classical thermodynamics for liquid-liquid systems with engineering applications. 

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