Revisiting Curzon-Ahlborn heat engine: Extending the Yvon engine
Revisiting Curzon-Ahlborn heat engine: Extending the Yvon engine
One famous paper in this field [Am. J. Phys. 43, 22 (1975)] unveiled the efficiency at maximum power (EMP) of the endo-reversible Carnot heat engine, now known as the Curzon-Ahlborn (CA) engine, making a pioneering contribution to the genesis of finite-time thermodynamics. Despite its significance, similar findings have surfaced throughout …