Stochastic thermodynamics and the Ericsson nano engine -- Efficiency from equilibrium results
Abstract
In this work, we study an Ericsson cycle whose working substance is a charged (quantum) oscillator in a magnetic field that is coupled to a heat bath. The resulting quantum Langevin equations with built-in noise terms encapsulate a thermodynamic structure and allow for the computation of the efficiency of the cycle. We numerically compute the efficiency of the cycle in the quasi-static regime using the steady-state thermodynamic functions of the system. Interestingly, it is found that by increasing the system-bath coupling strength, the efficiency of the cycle can be tuned to a maximum. We also explore the behavior of the efficiency as a function of the pair of magnetic-field values between which the cycle is operated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.03386,
title = {Stochastic thermodynamics and the Ericsson nano engine -- Efficiency from equilibrium results},
author = {Jasleen Kaur and Aritra Ghosh and Sushanta Dattagupta and Subhash Chaturvedi and Malay Bandyopadhyay},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.03386},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
v1: Preliminary version; v2: To appear in Physica A