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  • Title: Compatibility of Carnot efficiency with finite power in an underdamped Brownian Carnot cycle in small temperature-difference regime.
    Author: Miura K, Izumida Y, Okuda K.
    Journal: Phys Rev E; 2021 Apr; 103(4-1):042125. PubMed ID: 34006002.
    Abstract:
    We study the possibility of achieving the Carnot efficiency in a finite-power underdamped Brownian Carnot cycle. Recently, it was reported that the Carnot efficiency is achievable in a general class of finite-power Carnot cycles in the vanishing limit of the relaxation times. Thus, it may be interesting to clarify how the efficiency and power depend on the relaxation times by using a specific model. By evaluating the heat-leakage effect intrinsic in the underdamped dynamics with the instantaneous adiabatic processes, we demonstrate that the compatibility of the Carnot efficiency and finite power is achieved in the vanishing limit of the relaxation times in the small temperature-difference regime. Furthermore, we show that this result is consistent with a trade-off relation between power and efficiency by explicitly deriving the relation of our cycle in terms of the relaxation times.
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