A thermodynamic theory of autowave processes in a static catalyst bed

A static catalyst bed in a reversible reaction was thermodynamically described in the quasi-homogeneous model approximation, and the nonequilibrium entropy of fast and slow heat waves was constructed. The total entropy production in a distributed open nonlinear system was shown to be a functional of the auto-wave solution. The rules governing the production of entropy in fast and slow heat waves were formulated. The existence of a space-time dissipative structure (a fast heat wave) near the thermodynamically equilibrium state was established.