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  • Title: From maximum power to a trade-off optimization of low-dissipation heat engines: Influence of control parameters and the role of entropy generation.
    Author: Gonzalez-Ayala J, Calvo Hernández A, Roco JM.
    Journal: Phys Rev E; 2017 Feb; 95(2-1):022131. PubMed ID: 28297927.
    Abstract:
    For a low-dissipation heat engine model we present the role of the partial contact times and the total operational time as control parameters to switch from maximum power state to maximum Ω trade-off state. The symmetry of the dissipation coefficients may be used in the design of the heat engine to offer, in such switching, a suitable compromise between efficiency gain, power losses, and entropy change. Bounds for entropy production, efficiency, and power output are presented for transitions between both regimes. In the maximum power and maximum Ω trade-off cases the relevant space of parameters are analyzed together with the configuration of minimum entropy production. A detailed analysis of the parameter's space shows physically prohibited regions in which there is no longer a heat engine and another region that is physically well behaved but is not suitable for possible optimization criteria.
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