Molecular Carnot Cycles

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  • Ken Sekimoto
  • Tsuyoshi Hondou
چکیده

We present an explicit molecular-level model of Carnot cycle based on the recently developed framework of energetics of Langevin dynamics. In the quasi-static limit, the average efficiency of energy conversion over the cycles can attain arbitrarily close value to the one predicted by thermodynamics. Account is taken for the work for connecting and disconnecting the working material to the heat baths. 05.90+m, 05.40-a, 05.70-a, 02.50-r Typeset using REVTEX 1

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تاریخ انتشار 1999