[nasamn777]

Does the Second Law apply to open systems?

Does the Second Law tell about the direction of processes?

Does the availabiltiy of energy ensure that order can increase within an open system?

[Right Wing Professor]

Does the Second Law apply to open systems?

Of course.

Does the Second Law tell about the direction of processes?

Of course.

Does the availabiltiy of energy ensure that order can increase within an open system?

What kind of energy? Heat emitted at a high temperature? If you knew any thermo. at all, you'd know that mere energy means nothing in the context of the second law. Try G or A.

[WildTurkey]

Does the Second Law apply to open systems?

It applies to open, closed and isolated systems. It applies for reversible and irreversible processes.

[WildTurkey]

Does the Second Law tell about the direction of processes?

For natural processes, the entropy of the system tends to increase.

Does the availabiltiy of energy ensure that order can increase within an open system?

Related by S = k*ln(w).