Brownian micro-engines and refrigerators in a spatially periodic temperature field: heat flow and performances

DOI10.1016/j.physleta.2005.12.010zbMath1187.82111OpenAlexW1997870190MaRDI QIDQ973603

Bao-Quan Ai, Liang-Gang Liu, Liqiu Wang

Publication date: 2 June 2010

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2005.12.010

zbMATH Keywords

efficiencyheat flowthermal motor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Time-dependent statistical mechanics (dynamic and nonequilibrium) (82C99)

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