Modeling an efficient Brownian heat engine

Details Modeling an efficient Brownian heat engine Modeling an efficient Brownian heat engine

2008-01-30

arxiv.org/abs/0801.4599v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

8 pages and 14 figures

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjb/e2008-00308-5

We discuss the effect of subdividing the ratchet potential on the performance of a tiny Brownian heat engine that is modeled as a Brownian particle hopping in a viscous medium in a sawtooth potential (with or without load) assisted by alternately placed hot and cold heat baths along its path. We show that the velocity, the efficiency and the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator maximize when the sawtooth potential is subdivided into series of smaller connected barrier series. When the engine operates quasistatically, we analytically show that the efficiency of the engine can not approach the Carnot efficiency and, the coefficient of performance of the refrigerator is always less than the Carnot refrigerator due to the irreversible heat flow via the kinetic energy.

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