One-particle engine with a porous piston
Classical Physics
2022-08-18 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We propose a variation of the classical Szilard engine that uses a porous piston. Such an engine requires neither information about the position of the particle, nor the removal and subsequent insertion of the piston when resetting the engine to continue doing work by lifting a mass against a gravitational field. Though the engine operates in contact with a single thermal reservoir, the reset mechanism acts as a second reservoir, dissipating energy when a mass that has been lifted by the engine is removed to initiate a new operation cycle.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.08389,
title = {One-particle engine with a porous piston},
author = {Carlos E. Álvarez and Manuel Camargo and Gabriel Téllez},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.08389},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
14 pages, 14 figures