Dissipate

Dissipate

Dissipation is the result of irreversible processes that take place in inhomogeneous thermodynamic systems. A dissipative process is a process in which energy (internal, bulk flow kinetic, or system potential) is transformed from some initial form to some final form; the capacity of the final form to do mechanical work is less than that of the initial form. For example, transfer of energy as heat is dissipative because it is a transfer of internal energy from a body at a higher temperature to another body at a lower temperature. The second law of thermodynamics implies that this reduces the capacity of the the second body to do mechanical work. As the heat transfers from the first body to the second body, some of the initial heat converts to work, while the rest of the initial heat dissipates into waste heat.

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