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Nonlinear refrigerator with a finite-sized cold heat bath

Statistical Mechanics 2025-09-01 v1

Abstract

We study the refrigerator working between a finite-sized cold heat bath and an infinite-sized hot heat bath (environment) in the nonlinear response regime. We assume that the initial temperature TiT_i of the finite-sized cold heat bath satisfies TiThT_i\leq T_h, where ThT_h is the temperature of the hot heat bath. By consuming the input power, the refrigerator transfers the heat from a finite-sized cold heat bath to the hot heat bath. Hence, the temperature of the finite-sized cold heat bath decreases until it reaches the desired low-temperature TfT_f. By minimizing the input work for the heat transport process, we derive the optimal path for temperature change. We calculate the coefficient of performance as a function of average input power. We also obtain the bounds for the coefficient of performance by applying the asymmetric dissipation limits.

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@article{arxiv.2508.21333,
  title  = {Nonlinear refrigerator with a finite-sized cold heat bath},
  author = {I. Iyyappan and Yuki Izumida and Sibasish Ghosh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.21333},
  year   = {2025}
}
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