Performance of discrete heat engines and heat pumps in finite time

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 4774-4790

  Feldmann, Tova ^a   Kosloff, Ronnie ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; PUMPS;

EXTERNAL FIELDS; INTERNAL ENERGIES; NONINTERACTING; OPTIMAL COOLING RATE; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; TIME ALLOCATION; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM; UNIVERSAL BEHAVIORS;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 0000421593     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.61.4774     Document Type: Article

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