Unattainability of Carnot efficiency in the Brownian heat engine

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

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 6021-6025

  Hondou, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sekimoto, Ken ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARNOT CYCLE; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BROWNIAN HEAT ENGINES;

HEAT ENGINES;

EID: 0034316712     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.6021     Document Type: Article

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