Heat devices in nonlinear irreversible thermodynamics.

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Abstract

We present results obtained by using nonlinear irreversible models for heat devices. In particular, we focus on the global performance characteristics, the maximum efficiency and the efficiency at maximum power regimes for heat engines, and the maximum coefficient of performance (COP) and the COP at maximum cooling power regimes for refrigerators. We analyze the key role played by the interplay between irreversibilities coming from heat leaks and internal dissipations. We also discuss the relationship between these results and those obtained by different models.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys

Title: Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics

Publisher: American Physical Society (APS)

ISSN (Electronic): 1550-2376

ISSN (Print): 1539-3755

Publication date (Electronic): May 2015

Volume: 91

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Information Sciences, Ochanomizu University 2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8620, Japan.

[2 ] Division of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.

[3 ] Departamento de Física Aplicada, and Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain.

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DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.052140

PubMed ID: 26066152

SO-VID: 46a43028-f6a1-4971-ae9f-f51b914ff179

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