  Relativistic irreversible thermodynamics is reformulated following the
conventional approach proposed by Meixner in the non-relativistic case. Clear
separation between mechanical and non-mechanical energy fluxes is made. The
resulting equations for the entropy production and the local internal energy
have the same structure as the non-relativistic ones. Assuming linear
constitutive laws, it is shown that consistency is obtained both with the laws
of thermodynamics and causality.
