The power of a critical heat engine
The second law of thermodynamics says that the efficiency of a heat engine is limited by the Carnot efficiency. Here, the authors use finite-size-scaling theory to investigate whether this ultimate limit can be achieved at finite power using quantum Otto engines.
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doaj-fbd3bf2f62d84b339582bf49686b41242021-05-11T10:48:41ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232016-06-01711510.1038/ncomms11895The power of a critical heat engineMichele Campisi0Rosario Fazio1NEST, Scuola Normale Superiore & Istituto Nanoscienze-CNRNEST, Scuola Normale Superiore & Istituto Nanoscienze-CNRThe second law of thermodynamics says that the efficiency of a heat engine is limited by the Carnot efficiency. Here, the authors use finite-size-scaling theory to investigate whether this ultimate limit can be achieved at finite power using quantum Otto engines.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11895 |
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The second law of thermodynamics says that the efficiency of a heat engine is limited by the Carnot efficiency. Here, the authors use finite-size-scaling theory to investigate whether this ultimate limit can be achieved at finite power using quantum Otto engines. |
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