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Anomalous Brownian refrigerator

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  • Rana, Shubhashis
  • Pal, P.S.
  • Saha, Arnab
  • Jayannavar, A.M.

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We present a detailed study of a Brownian particle driven by Carnot-type refrigerating protocol operating between two thermal baths. Both the underdamped as well as the overdamped limits are investigated. The particle is in a harmonic potential with time-periodic strength that drives the system cyclically between the baths. Each cycle consists of two isothermal steps at different temperatures and two adiabatic steps connecting them. Besides working as a stochastic refrigerator, it is shown analytically that in the quasistatic regime the system can also act as stochastic heater, depending on the bath temperatures. Interestingly, in non-quasistatic regime, our system can even work as a stochastic heat engine for certain range of cycle time and bath temperatures. We show that the operation of this engine is not reliable. The fluctuations of stochastic efficiency/coefficient of performance (COP) dominate their mean values. Their distributions show power law tails, however the exponents are not universal. Our study reveals that microscopic machines are not the microscopic equivalent of the macroscopic machines that we come across in our daily life. We find that there is no one to one correspondence between the performance of our system under engine protocol and its reverse.

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  • Rana, Shubhashis & Pal, P.S. & Saha, Arnab & Jayannavar, A.M., 2016. "Anomalous Brownian refrigerator," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 444(C), pages 783-798.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:444:y:2016:i:c:p:783-798
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.10.095
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    1. Guevara-Valadez, Carlos Antonio & Marathe, Rahul & Gomez-Solano, Juan Ruben, 2023. "A Brownian cyclic engine operating in a viscoelastic active suspension," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 609(C).

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