Optimum performance analysis of Feynman's engine as cold and hot ratchets

DOI10.1515/JNETDY.2011.011zbMATH Open1220.82055OpenAlexW2045286797MaRDI QIDQ554301FDOQ554301

Authors: Lingen Chen, Zemin Ding, Fengrui Sun 

Publication date: 3 August 2011

Published in: Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/jnetdy.2011.011

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zbMATH Keywords

finite time thermodynamicsFeynman's ratchets engineperformance of ratchets engines

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82B35) Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory (82C35)

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• Energetics of a microscopic Feynman ratchet
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• Performance of Feynman's ratchet under a trade-off figure of merit: exact analysis versus estimation from prior information
• Efficiency at maximum power of Feynman's ratchet as a heat engine
• Feynman-Smoluchowski engine at high temperatures and the role of constraints

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