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The performance analysis of a micro-/nanoscaled quantum heat engine

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  • Guo, Juncheng
  • Zhang, Xiuqin
  • Su, Guozhen
  • Chen, Jincan

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A new model of micro-/nanoscaled heat engines consisting of two thin long tubes with the same length but different sizes of cross section, which are filled up with ideal quantum gases and operated between two heat reservoirs, is put forward. The working fluid of the heat engine cycle goes through four processes, which include two isothermal processes and two isobaric processes with constant longitudinal pressure. General expressions for the power output and efficiency of the cycle are derived, based on the thermodynamic properties of confined ideal quantum gases. The influence of the size effect on the power output and efficiency is discussed. The differences between the heat engines working with the ideal Bose gas and Fermi gas are revealed. The performance of the heat engines operating at weak gas degeneracy and high temperatures is further analyzed. The results obtained are more general and significant than those in the current literature.

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  • Guo, Juncheng & Zhang, Xiuqin & Su, Guozhen & Chen, Jincan, 2012. "The performance analysis of a micro-/nanoscaled quantum heat engine," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 391(24), pages 6432-6439.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:391:y:2012:i:24:p:6432-6439
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2012.07.059
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