Causality and Network Representation on Power Coupling in Membrane Transport System

Abstract

The constitutive relation of power coupling between two power processes is expressed by an interaction between one flow and the other force. This causal relation can be represented by a circuit with a transformer type transducer and two resistors in parallel and in series. The bond graphs represent the coupled volume and solute flows and the thermo-osmosis in membrane transport systems. Ordinary transport equations of membrane transport are deduced from the bond graphs.