Efficient asymmetric collisional Brownian particle engines
Efficient asymmetric collisional Brownian particle engines
The construction of efficient thermal engines operating at finite times constitutes a fundamental and timely topic in nonequilibrium thermodynamics. We introduce a strategy for optimizing the performance of Brownian engines, based on a collisional approach for unequal interaction times between the system and thermal reservoirs. General (and exact) expressions for …