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We investigate the efficiency of power generation by thermo-chemical engines. For strong coupling between the particle and heat flows and in the presence of a left-right symmetry in the system, we demonstrate that the efficiency at maximum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-01 Massimiliano Esposito , Katja Lindenberg , Christian Van den Broeck

Coordinated multipoint (CoMP) joint transmission (JT) can save a great deal of energy especially for cell-edge users due to strengthened received signal, but at the cost of deploying and coordinating cooperative nodes, which degrades energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-08 Yuhao Zhang , Qimei Cui , Ning Wang

Modern technologies could soon make it possible to investigate the operation cycles of quantum heat engines by counting the photons that are emitted and absorbed by their working systems. Using the quantum jump approach to open-system…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-09-29 Paul Menczel , Christian Flindt , Kay Brandner

Ensembling is a simple and popular technique for boosting evaluation performance by training multiple models (e.g., with different initializations) and aggregating their predictions. This approach is commonly reserved for the largest…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Dan Kondratyuk , Mingxing Tan , Matthew Brown , Boqing Gong

From the steam engine to current nano-devices, the design of efficient thermal machines has been instrumental in modern societies. In its essence a thermal engine can be thought as a working substance, in contact with two or more baths,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-03-18 Michele Campisi , Rosario Fazio

In this paper power allocation in a cellular network, which transmitter uses massive multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) system was studied. As circuit power consumption is increased by the number of antenna in transmitter and users,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-03 Saeed Sadeghi Vilni

E-powertrain of future electric vehicles could consist of energy generation units (e.g., fuel cells and photovoltaic modules), energy storage systems (e.g., batteries and supercapacitors), energy conversion units (e.g., bidirectional DC/DC…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-09 Erfan Mohagheghi , Joan Gubianes Gasso , Abebe Geletu , Pu Li

We study the thermodynamic efficiency of a nano-sized photo-electric device and show that at maximum power output, the efficiency is bounded from above by a result closely related to the Curzon-Ahlborn efficiency. We find that this upper…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-13 Bob Rutten , Massimiliano Esposito , Bart Cleuren

The quest to identify the best heat engine has been at the center of science and technology. Thermoelectric nanoscale heat engines convert heat flows into useful work in the form of electrical power and promise the realization of on-chip…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-03-11 Yuto Ashida , Takahiro Sagawa

The energy efficiency optimization of the power generation system and the energy efficiency optimization of the energy consumption system are unified into the same optimization problem, and a simple method to achieve energy efficiency…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-30 Fulai Yao

We derive the statistics of the efficiency under the assumption that thermodynamic fluxes fluctuate with normal law, parametrizing it in terms of time, macroscopic efficiency, and a coupling parameter $\zeta$. It has a peculiar behavior: No…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-02-19 Matteo Polettini , Gatien Verley , Massimiliano Esposito

We propose a nanoscale heat engine that utilizes the physics of resonant tunneling in quantum dots in order to transfer electrons only at specific energies. The nanoengine converts heat into electrical current in a multiterminal geometry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-02-15 Andrew N. Jordan , Björn Sothmann , Rafael Sánchez , Markus Büttiker

Magnetic nanomaterials are considered, formed by magnetic nanomolecules with high spins. The problem of spin reversal in these materials is analyzed, which is of interest for the possible use of such materials for quantum information…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. K. Henner , V. I. Yukalov , P. V. Kharebov , E. P. Yukalova

The laws of thermodynamics strongly restrict the performance of thermal machines. Standard thermodynamics, initially developed for uncorrelated macroscopic systems, does not hold for microscopic systems correlated with their environments.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-13 Milton Aguilar , Eric Lutz

We study a quantum heat engine at strong coupling between the system and the thermal reservoirs. Exploiting a collective coordinate mapping, we incorporate system-reservoir correlations into a consistent thermodynamic analysis, thus…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-30 David Newman , Florian Mintert , Ahsan Nazir

Information processing machines at the nanoscales are unavoidably affected by thermal fluctuations. Efficient design requires understanding how nanomachines can operate at minimal energy dissipation. In this letter we focus on mechanical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-03-17 Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi , Kay Schwieger

The performances of quantum thermometry in thermal equilibrium together with the output power of certain class of quantum engines share a common characteristic: both are determined by the heat capacity of the probe or working medium. After…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-08-31 Camille L. Latune , Ilya Sinayskiy , Francesco Petruccione

Can collective quantum effects make a difference in a meaningful thermodynamic operation? Focusing on energy storage and batteries, we demonstrate that quantum mechanics can lead to an enhancement in the amount of work deposited per unit…

Background: Machine learning (ML) model composition is a popular technique to mitigate shortcomings of a single ML model and to design more effective ML-enabled systems. While ensemble learning, i.e., forwarding the same request to several…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Rafiullah Omar , Justus Bogner , Henry Muccini , Patricia Lago , Silverio Martínez-Fernández , Xavier Franch

Chemical gradients provide the primordial energy for biological functions by driving the mechanical movement of microscopic engines. Their thermodynamic properties remain elusive, especially concerning the dynamic change in energy demand in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-04-01 Ruo-Xun Zhai , Hui Dong