Enhancing Otto-mobile efficiency via addition of a quantum Carnot cycle Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • It was shown recently that one can improve the efficiency of the Otto cycle by taking advantage of the internal degrees of freedom of an ideal gas [M. O. Scully, "The Quantum Afterburner", Phys. Rev. Lett., to be published]. Here we discuss the limiting improvement of the efficiency by considering reversible cycles with both internal and external degrees of freedom.

published proceedings

  • FORTSCHRITTE DER PHYSIK-PROGRESS OF PHYSICS

author list (cited authors)

  • Opatrny, T., & Scully, M. O.

complete list of authors

  • Opatrny, T||Scully, MO

publication date

  • May 2002

publisher