Maximal power for heat engines: Role of asymmetric interaction times
Pedro E. Harunari, Fernando S. Filho, Carlos E. Fiore, Alexandre Rosas
Abstract
The authors show that, for a thermal machine composed of a quantum dot in contact with two reservoirs, the optimization of the interaction time between system and reservoirs is enough to get an quasi-optimal power output.
Topics & Concepts
Heat engineAsymmetryNon-equilibrium thermodynamicsMaximum power principleThermal efficiencyQuantumPower (physics)ThermalRange (aeronautics)Quantum thermodynamicsStatistical physicsComputer sciencePhysicsMathematicsThermodynamicsMathematical optimizationMaterials scienceQuantum mechanicsChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryCombustionAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical MechanicsThermal Radiation and Cooling TechnologiesAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices