Nonlinear effects for three-terminal heat engine and refrigerator
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2019-03-06 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Applied Physics
Abstract
The three-terminal heat device consisting of a cavity and coupled to a heat bath is established. By tuning the temperatures of the electrodes and the phonon bath, the device can function as a heat engine or a refrigerator. We study the characteristic performance in the linear and nonlinear regime for both setups. It is our focus here to analyze how the efficiency of the heat engine and coefficient of performance of the refrigerator are affected by the nonlinear transport. With such considerations, the maximum efficiency and power are then optimized for various energy levels, temperatures and other parameters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1802.01644,
title = {Nonlinear effects for three-terminal heat engine and refrigerator},
author = {Rongqian Wang and Jincheng Lu and Chen Wang and Jian-Hua Jiang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.01644},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
14 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Scientific Reports