Carnot efficiency: why?

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2013.04.020MaRDI QIDQ1673080zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Umberto Lucia

Publication date 11 September 2018

Published in Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2013.04.020

zbMATH Keywords

entropyefficiencyirreversibilityCarnot

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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