Optimum performance parameters for a quantum carnot heat pump with spin-1/2

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1161-1167

  Wu, Feng ^a   Chen, Lingen ^a   Sun, Fengrui ^a   Wu, Chih ^b   Hua, Peiqun ^c  

^a Teaching and Research Section of Material Strength   (China)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Finite time thermodynamics; Modern statistical mechanics; Quantum heat pump; Spin 1 2 system

Indexed keywords

CARNOT CYCLE; FERMI LEVEL; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMAL LOAD;

FINITE-TIME THERMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM CARNOT HEAT PUMPS;

HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032139237     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00004-1     Document Type: Article

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