Thermodynamic performance characteristics of a Brownian microscopic heat engine driven by discrete and periodic temperature field

Communications in Theoretical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 857-862

  Zhang, Yan Ping ^a   He, Ji Zhou ^a   He, Xian ^a   Xiao, Yu Ling ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kinetic energy; Microscope Brownian heat engine; The master equation; Thermodynamic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649778501     PISSN: 02536102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0253-6102/54/5/16     Document Type: Article

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